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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7486

20 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Court of Appeal rules on landmark UK costs case

Alec Samuels examines the law surrounding the length of parliamentary terms

Geoffrey Bindman QC examines the furore behind “catgate"

Dominic Regan visits the case of the winner who lost to the loser who won

Is civil recovery effective in settling overseas corruption investigations, asks David Corker

Charles Pigott reports on soaring retirement ages

Nathaniel Duckworth & Daniel Robinson on how to sidestep potential pitfalls in enfranchisement claims.

Laura Bednall tells a cautionary tale of international surrogacy

Stewart Duffy examines the standard of proof before regulators of the healthcare professions

Do exclusion or limitation of liability clauses apply to cases of deliberate repudiatory breach, ask Ceri Morgan & Melanie Shefford

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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