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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Janna Purdie considers the “substantial injustice” requirement for a successful challenge under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
 

Ian Smith contemplates some murky borderlines

How far should doctors go to inform patients about alternative procedures? Elizabeth Wale reports

Honours

Ulele Burnham examines how courts interpret positive equality obligations in public law

Musicians take note; Working time; Bar nursery

Sammut and others v Manzi Jnr and other (2008) ALL ER (D) 79 (Dec); Lord Phillips, Lord Hope, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell, 4 December 2008

Taxation

Profession

James Lewis & Kit Jarvis discuss recent case law on enforcement

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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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