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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7560

17 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

National law firm Gorman Hamilton has rebranded and will be known as True Personal Injury Solicitors.

Birmingham law firm The Wilkes Partnership has merged with Solihull-based Williamson & Soden solicitors.

David Greene predicts where the main areas of dispute will arise as a result of the civil litigation shake up

The inability to afford expert evidence will impact complex family cases warns Cara Nuttall
 

Mark Whitcombe concludes his examination of the employment tribunal’s approach to striking out

Is it time the two-year cohabitation requirement was removed from the Fatal Accidents Act? Jonathan Herring reports

How does an English court decide if a claimant will be unable to obtain a fair trial abroad, asks Ross Rymkiewicz

HSBC Bank v Tambrook Jersey Ltd [2013] EWHC 866 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 116 (Apr)
 

Y v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 860 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 236 (Apr)
 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-145/12, [2013] All ER (D) 73 (May)
 

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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

NEWS

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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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