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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7530

20 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Co-operative launched its family law department this week, with 22 fee-earners and three support staff.

Lucy Chakaodza explains how legal professionals can expand their skills & choices through ADR training

Title insurance has come of age, says Steven Clarke.

Jon Robins considers how the profession is addressing a fundamental shift in regulation

Conveyancing lawyers have identified lenders’ panel-selection decisions as their greatest threat in the next 12 months, according to a survey carried out by property search provider Search Flow.

The annual scramble to renew professional indemnity insurance is underway, with firms racing to meet the 1 October deadline.

HMRC to crack down on London lawyers’ tax evasion

Employment lawyers have spoken out against today's proposals to reduce the £72,300 cap for unfair dismissal.

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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
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
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
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