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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7422

17 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Stardom, slogans & surveillance: an international update by Susan Nash

Tara Hogg puts the new UK Corporate Governance Code under the spotlight

Jonathan Cohen addresses limitation challenges & termination provisions in IT supply contracts

NOT BOTHERED; FEWER FACTS PART II; IT’S BACK

John Bramhall & Karen Boto predict potential future trends in litigation

Helene Pines Richman outlines the dangers of acting without insurance

Geoffrey Bindman is reminded of the fine balance between judicial independence & democracy

James Hambro & Partners has appointed Hannah Marshall as partner and head of legal.

The Rt Hon Sir Robin Jacob has been appointed as the first Sir Hugh Laddie Chair in Intellectual Property Law at University College London (UCL).

Clifford Chance partners have re-elected Graham Lovett to serve a further term as leader of the firm’s Middle East region.

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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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