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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene charts the latest developments in the legal services revolution

What will ABSs mean for legal aid firms? Jon Robins collects the views of those who are for & against deregulation

Are lawyers breaking the rules on costs & transparency? Michael Zander QC

Sinclair Cramsie & Clare Harrington unravel the complexities of relocating TUPE transferees

Caroline Lonsdale tackles the thorny issue of contact & the difficult parent

Skimping on compensation will fuel an increase in litigation & costs says Richard Scorer

Andrew Francis examines the reasonableness of standard conditions in property contracts

Rob Biddlecombe sniffs out recent nuisance developments

FSA v Alexander: playing the system, or manipulating the market, asks Simon Goldstone

Ruth Pratt & Janna Purdie provide an update on the recent changes to the civil procedure rules

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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
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
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
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