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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

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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