Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7407

A panel reporting on judicial diversity has rejected diversity quotas and targets for judicial appointments.

The Law Society’s branding has been singled out for praise in the Business Superbrands 2010 survey.

Almost 50% of applicants successful but only one solicitor-advocate award
Nearly half of all QC applicants have been successful in the latest round of competition. However, of the 129 new appointees only one solicitor gained the prestigious award.

Extra financial help for sufferers of mesothelioma and plural plaques
Mesothelioma sufferers are to be given an extra 40% of financial help, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced.

The Chilcot team has completed the first phase of its Inquiry. It has revealed few new facts, but has reminded us of those already known. They confirm what ought to be Chilcot’s blunt conclusion: our leaders took us into a war that was illegal, immoral, unnecessary, and hugely destructive.

Keith Patten questions the move towards
criminalising workplace harassment

In the famous case of The Three Little Pigs v Big Bad Wolf the house of straw built by the First Little Pig was unfortunately no match for the destructive blowing power of the said Wolf.

The Law Commission published its Tenth Programme of Law Reform in 2008, which included a project to review adult social care in England and Wales.

The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) recently published its definitive sentencing guideline for organisations convicted under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 and for health and safety offences which cause death.

A recent Court of Appeal judgment in Enviroco Limited v Farstad Supply A/S [2009] EWCA Civ 1399, [2009] All ER (D) 206 (Dec) initially caused some consternation in legal and banking circles.