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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7418

20 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Philip Thornton considers fairness & accountability in public office dismissals

Lista M Cannon & Alex H Rene assess compliance confrontations in the wake of the new Bribery Act

The statutory service charge consultation procedure in a nutshell, by Robert Highmore & Malcolm Dowden

David Locke believes a new ADR protocol could resuscitate the Jackson proposals

Nick Hine joined Davies Arnold Cooper LLP as partner of their employment group on 17 May.

Sector activity doubles in the past three years according to CEDR research
Commercial and civil mediation in the UK has grown by 30%, and mediation activity as whole has doubled, in the last three years according to the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution’s (CEDR) fourth Mediation Audit.

Facebook’s privacy setting change is “unacceptable”, Europe’s privacy watchdog has warned.

Small law firms saw profits per equity partner fall 24% as the recession hit, according to the Law Society Law Management Section’s annual profitability survey. The median net profit per equity partner fall from £114,078 in 2008 to £86,960 this year. Approximately 18% of a practice’s total income is equity partner profit, compared to 24% in 2008.

Legal businesses are showing resilience in the economic downturn, according to research from accountants and business advisers BDO LLP.

Child Support Agency v Forrest [2010] All ER (D) 126 (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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