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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7449

20 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Janet Dalton’s recent promotion to director has boosted DWF’s finance and restructuring team.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain has hired Stephen Smith from Mayer Brown as a partner in its competition practice.

Ledingham Chalmers has promoted Rod Hutchison to partner, recognising his specialist capabilities in corporate law.

Bath-based Mogers Solicitors has announced five new appointments.

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter start 2011 by batting off derogatory claims

Steve Tombs & David Whyte highlight the dangers of reducing corporate prosecutions

Charles Pigott reports on why the Woodcock appeal failed to fly

Justin Bates provides some good news for landlords

Has the charter of fundamental rights of the European Union taken the UK into new legal territory ask Charles Brasted & Cordelia Rayner

Scullion provides some lessons in law & life for the buy-to-let market, says Alison Padfield

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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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