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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7486

20 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

DWF has expanded its asset and consumer finance offering to include a new finance regulation team in Birmingham.

TPP Law has appointed commercial and projects specialist, Simon Chappel as director.

Clifford Chance has announced that Fabio Diminich joins the high-yield practice as a partner.

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) has been granted the accolade of a royal charter.

HLE blogger James Wilson follows the turning tide relating to gay marriage

Attempt to prevent forced marriages ruled unlawful

Independent schools must do more than educate those who can afford their fees in order to retain their charitable status, the Upper Tribunal has decided

Justice minister in hot water over connections to claims management firms

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of pleural plaques victims north of the border

Exaggerated personal injury tales land victim's family in trouble

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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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