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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7624

02 October 2014
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Publicly funded family mediations have fallen despite the introduction of compulsory Mediation Information and Assessment Meetings (MIAMs).

Khawar Qureshi QC provides an overview of recent key arbitration decisions

The potentially seismic Coventry v Lawrence costs challenge has been re-listed in the Supreme Court for 9-11 February next year.

Bar Placement Week, which aims to boost social mobility within the profession, scooped a prize at the Halsbury Legal Awards last week.

Applications have opened for CILEx Fellows wishing to gain practice rights in immigration and litigation.

The common law could be developed to remind bloggers and internet users that they have responsibilities as well as rights, Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, has said

New powers for employment tribunals to order employers to carry out equal pay audits are now in force.

Recent case law suggests motor insurers could raise premiums despite new measures announced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a solicitor has warned.

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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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