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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7536

30 October 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

James Wilson recalls the day when zombies invaded the courtroom

HLE Blogger Simon Hetherington calls for reason over the Italian earthquake jailings

Andrea Coomber has been appointed the new director of Justice

Six newly qualified solicitors at Lancashire firm

Is it really possible to move on from the LASPO debate, asks Jon Robins

The College of Law is to enhance its existing Legal Practice Course

Bates, Wells & Braithwaite has announced that David Davies has been appointed partner in the firm’s corporate and commercial team

Lucy Scott-Moncrieff charts the rise of female lawyers

Catherine Vine plots the Law Commission’s plan for matrimonial property, needs & agreements

Jersey law firm Sinels has appointed Marcus Stemmer-Baldwin to head up its award-winning litigation and dispute resolution practice

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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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