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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7492

30 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Pacific Basin IHX Ltd v Bulkhandling Handymax AS [2011] EWHC 2862 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 154 (Nov)

Cheshire West and Chester Council v P [2011] EWCA Civ 1257, [2011] All ER (D) 150 (Nov)

Legal Ombudsman v Young [2011] EWHC 2923 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 144 (Nov)

French v Carter Lemon LLP [2011] All ER (D) 156 (Nov)

How far does the Supreme Court act as a policymaker? Ruth Aitken, Hannah Smallwood & Lindsay Stirton investigate

Lista M Cannon & Chris Warren-Smith study the UK litigation landscape

Dominic Regan muses over some striking legal characters & cases

DWF and Crutes have announced they will be merging—the merger will see Crutes formally incorporated into DWF in January.

The Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL) has elected Keoghs’ partner and director of strategy, Don Clarke as its president for 2012.

Herbert Smith LLP has appointed Gavin Lewis as head of its dispute resolution practice in Asia.

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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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