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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7463

28 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

How useful will the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme be to lawyers? Angela Dass reports

The court’s decision in Noble v Owens illustrates why judgments are and should be final, says Lisa Sullivan

IBB Solicitors has announced a number of promotions with the appointment of two new equity partners and two new fixed share partners.

RBS has appointed Mike Littlewood as head of its professional services team within the bank’s corporate and institutional banking division

An expert in industrial disease claims has been appointed vice-president of the not-for-profit Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL).

RPC has appointed Nicholas Wilcox as a senior associate in the broadcast media team.

Olswang has recruited Campbell Forsyth who joins the firm as partner in the IP group.

Pinsent Masons has hired Andrew Masraf to head the firm’s corporate & tax group.

Roger Smith reflects on detainees, masterly performances & Daily Mail fulmination

There is a fine line between protection & unfairness in sex discrimination cases, says Peter Breakey

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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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