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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7603

17 April 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Proposal to restrict insurance providers could fuel market instability

Employers should avoid “copying and pasting” restrictive covenants into contracts in today’s fast-paced world.

Employment agency Reed is liable for up to £158m unpaid tax due on the salaries of thousands of temps it employed, after it lost its judicial review.

The keeping of the roll exercise is due to commence early next month, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced.

Personal injury sufferers in the UK face losses of thousands of pounds, as well as financial and emotional hardship, according to a new report.

Personal injury firms are “courting disaster” by routinely inflating success fees, a leading PI author has warned.

Five musicians who were replaced by a pre-recorded soundtrack for the London production of War Horse have failed in their High Court claim for reinstatement.

More than a quarter of all looked after children come from a small selection of mothers who have had multiple children removed.

Lord Justice Jackson, the main architect of recent civil litigation reforms, has responded to critics, who say the new regime has boosted costs and reduced access to justice.

Routinely inflating success fees to get the magic 25% is courting disaster, warns Jeff Zindani

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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