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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7551

05 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Re Fort Gilkicker Ltd; Universal Project Management Services Ltd v Fort Gilkicker Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 348 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 313 (Feb)

Navig8 Ptd Ltd v Al-Riyadh Co for Vegetable Oil Industry [2013] EWHC 328 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 285 (Feb)

Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland v Rafiq [2013] EWHC 348 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 313 (Feb)

Davies v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 135, [2013] All ER (D) 310 (Feb)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Noor [2013] UKUT 071 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 299 (Feb)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Scottish regional practice Ledingham Chalmers LLP has appointed four new partners through promotion

Wilsons has strengthened its practice with the appointment of new partners James Russell and Emma Swann

HLE blogger Elaine Freer defends the criminal justice system

West End law firm Davenport Lyons announces that Theo Solley has joined the firm’s dispute resolution group

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

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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