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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7504

08 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Katherine Rees looks at three recent cases in which parties have sought “mercy” from the court

In the first of three articles Margaret Tofalides & Clare Arthurs discuss arbitration challenges

Merchant International Co Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniia “Naftogaz Ukrayiny” [2012] EWCA Civ 196, [2012] All ER (D) 13 (Mar)

Performing Rights Society Ltd v Burns and another [2012] EWHC 221 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 05 (Mar)

Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management UKEAT/0531/10/DA, [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Feb)

MacLennan v Hartford Europe Ltd [2012] EWHC 346 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 175 (Feb)

University of Queensland and another v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2012] EWHC 223 (Pat), [2012] All ER (D) 178 (Feb)

Adeeko v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] All ER (D) 21 (Mar)

Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) [2012] UKSC 6, [2012] All ER (D) 193 (Feb)

Jennifer James reviews life on the legal treadmill

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning

Stefan Borson, football finance expert head of sport at McCarthy Denning, discusses returning to the law digging into the stories behind the scenes

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