ZN (Afghanistan) (FC) and others v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) and one other action [2010] UKSC 21, [2010] All ER (D) 88 (May)
Larkfield Ltd v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office v May and others [2010] EWCA Civ 521, [2010] All ER (D) 86 (May)
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Eversheds has appointed Steven Geerlings and Paul-Michael Rebus to the firms’ city banking and finance arm.
Coventry University’s Centre for the International Business of Sport is to launch a new post-graduate certificate in Sports Law.
Receiving the usual crop of invitations from barristers’ chambers to join them in celebrating the appointment of new Queen’s Counsel prompted me to wonder how this strange relic of class privilege has survived and what has really changed since the 1950s.
The country had a crash course on constitutional constraints as Nick Clegg and David Cameron crafted their deal after the election.
Two newcomers have been voted on to APIL’s executive committee. Jane Horton, a partner at Irwin Mitchell and Gordon Dalyell, a partner at Digby Brown, won places following the association’s annual ballot.
Trowers & Hamlins has been voted “Legal Firm of the Year” in this year’s FDs’ Excellence Award in association with the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).
Joe Reevy provides ten tips for long-term survival
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC
A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers
Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones
Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team
Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn
Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team
Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event
Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need
Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ
An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ
The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear
