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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7505

13 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Blaxell shares the latest developments in e-disclosure

Has the partnership model had its day? David Greene reports

Roger Smith keeps tabs on the government’s equivocal approach to human rights

Ian Smith sweeps through a month of change, disputed rest breaks & contract setbacks

Could sale & rentback fix the mortgage arrears hole? David Cowan investigates

Rebecca Carlyon notes the intricacies of beneficial interest relating to a foreign divorce

Giles Murphy considers how the Legal Services Act will drive up competition & efficiency

Lucy Wyles provides an update on foreseeability & trial by ambush

Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 397 (Ch)

W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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