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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7502

21 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Merryck Lowe follows the progress of the Bribery Act six months down the line

Jon Robins believes it’s time to embrace comparison websites

Adam Harmer studies the changing face of conveyancing post HSBC

Ian Smith combines an element of sanity with the esoteric & the notorious

A contract for the sale of land must incorporate all agreed terms, warns James Naylor

Andrew Moore reflects upon the trials & tribulations of adverse inferences

Keith Patten applauds a holistic approach to negligence liability

Richard Lang follows the winding path of the Yukos v Russia case

Gurpinar v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 192 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 100 (Feb)

R (on the application of the National Secular Society and another) v Bideford Town Council [2012] EWHC 175 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 79 (Feb)

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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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