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Dominic Regan casts a wry eye over some unusual cases..

An opposite-sex couple is filing an application for a civil partnership at London’s Islington Registry Office.

Important terms in agreements should be flagged up, not hidden in small print

Firms need to do more than tick the diversity boxes in today's market, says Margaret Mannell

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. W www.city.ac.uk/law
 

Switalski v F&C Asset Management Plc [2009] All ER (D) 06 (Jan)

Law Alderson v Wings Aeromedical Services Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Jan)

Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete. 

Neary v Governing Body of St Albans Girls’ School [2009] All ER (D) 30 (Jan)

Most practitioners will already be aware of the decision in Johnston v NEI International Combustion Ltd; Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd; Topping v Benchtown Ltd; Grieves v F T Everard & Sons [2007] UKHL 39, [2007] 4 All ER 1047.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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