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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7357

19 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Legislation news update

Michael Shrimpton pays tribute to the Metric Martyrs

Post Hoare, Lucy Wyles, reflects on how courts exercise s 33 discretion

Has West Tankers pushed London down the arbitral pecking order? Ask Steven Friel & Ceri Jones

R (on the application of SRM Global Master Fund LP) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of RAB Special Situations
(Master) Fund Ltd) v Treasury Commissioner R (on the application of
Grainger and others) v Treasury Commissioner [2009] All ER (D) 139(Feb) [2009] EWHC 227 (Admin)

Queen’s Bench Division, Divisional Court , Stanley Burnton LJ and
Silber J, 13 February 2009

 

David Williams charts the changing approach to the representation of children in Hague Convention cases

Elspeth Owens highlights the relevance of the financial difficulties of a judgment creditor to the enforcement of an adjudicator’s award

Malcolm Dowden advises on the pitfalls of contracting out from security of tenure

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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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