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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7418

20 May 2010
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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

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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