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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

The status of partners is a risky business, says Sarah Rushton

Alison Mayfield examines the frustrations of force majeure

How can litigation be used to protect IP rights? Michael Edenborough QC & Thayne Forbes explain

Super bolts, super supper, super speculation & super duper deposit win

KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 3145 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 281 (May)

Hare-Brown and another v Trent and another [2011] EWHC 90202 (Costs), [2011] All ER (D) 223 (May)

Fung Oi Chiu and others v Waitrose Ltd and another [2011] All ER (D) 271 (May), [2011] EWHC 1356 (TCC)

Chen and others v Chui and others [2011] EWHC 1276 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 266 (May)

Re Mumtaz Properties Ltd; Wetton (as liquidator of Mumtaz Properties Ltd) v Ahmed and others [2011] EWCA Civ 610, [2011] All ER (D) 237 (May)

C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646

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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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