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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Court rules treatment of council head in Baby P case was “intrinsically unfair”

LSB to undertake further review in 2013

UK lawyers should take heart from the news that confidence is riding high among their colleagues across the pond.

An independent finance provider has reported a surge in the number of law firms seeking funds for their VAT bills following HMRC’s decision to wind up its “Time to Pay” scheme.

Lawyers have topped the list of entries in this year’s Standard Chartered Great City Race, due to take place on 14 July.

EU member states which prohibited non-nationals from becoming notaries breached EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the first instance decision in C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646, which concerned a dispute over land.

Former Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wilson was sworn in last week as a justice of the Supreme Court at a ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

Deborah Evans, former CEO of the Legal Complaints Service, has been appointed chief executive of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

IBB Solicitors has appointed Jacqui Skovron as a senior solicitor to the specialist residential development and strategic land team.

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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

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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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