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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7473

06 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Mayer Brown has recruited Jonathan Radcliffe to the intellectual property group. Jonathan joins from Nabarro early next month.

Associate Isabel Hudson has been made up to partner at media and commercial litigation firm Carter-Ruck.

District judge Nicholas Crichton has scooped the top award for outstanding achievement at this year’s LALYs.

Court rules disciplined classroom aide did not require legal representation

Experts predict successful start for new anti-bribery law

Medical injuries charities have mounted a legal challenge against government proposals
to reform “no win, no fee” agreements

A British child is abducted by a parent to a non-Hague Convention country every other day, according to Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) research

Interest in external investment is dwindling among law firms

Women did well in the recent round of employment judge selections, the Judicial Appointments Commission has said

Prolegal law firm has teamed up with lifestyle management provider, buy:time, to launch a “legal concierge” service

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Firm expands London disputes practice with senior partner hire

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Senior associate promotion strengthens real estate offering

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith

Leading patent litigator joins intellectual property team

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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