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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7476

27 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Halsbury's Law Exchange blogger Simon Hetherington reports on the inspection of Tinsley House immigration centre

Jon Robins investigates the latest challenges to hit clinical negligence lawyers

Dominic Regan wades into the debate over referral fees

Stephen Hockman QC returns to the controversy of privacy, parliament & the courts

Ian Smith enters into the tussle between employment law & human rights

Mariko Wilson & Kim Beatson examine financial relief following marital breakdown in an overseas jurisdiction

Rehana Azib reviews recent developments in personal injury claims

Elizabeth Cooke & Colin Oakley shed some light on the Law Commission’s project on appurtenant rights

When does the First-tier Tribunal have a supervisory jurisdiction, ask Charles Brasted & Jamie Potter

Dr Ann Brady considers the role of mediation across the EU

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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