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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7496

11 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Tim Martin Interiors Ltd v Akin Gump LLP [2011] EWCA Civ 1574, [2012] All ER (D) 02 (Jan)

R (on the application of CJ) v Cardiff City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1590, [2011] All ER (D) 156 (Dec)

Solomon v Cromwell Group plc; Oliver v Doughty [2011] EWCA Civ 1584, [2011] All ER (D) 148 (Dec)

Hutcheson (formerly known as WER) v Popdog Ltd (formerly known as REW) [2011] EWCA Civ 1580, [2011] All ER (D) 178 (Dec)

Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1565, [2011] All ER (D) 106 (Dec)

London Underground Ltd v Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen [2011] EWHC 3506 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 200 (Dec)

James Wilson on Ian Botham & Allan Lamb’s ill-fated libel trial

Jonathan Sumption QC has been sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, joining ten of the most senior judges in the UK after a brief ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

TPP Law has appointed employment law specialist, Gemma Brown.

The Commerce and Industry Group (C&I Group) has announced that Nina Barakzai is the new chair of the group.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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