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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Penningtons Solicitors LLP has appointed Andrew Casstles as a partner in its social housing group.

Kempner & Partners has been appointed sole provider of intellectual property advice to paint and wallpaper company Farrow & Ball after a competitive tender.

Roger Smith muses over MoJ branding, miscarriages of justice
& Atticus Finch

Driving in the UK on a foreign licence—dare you take the risk, ask Robert Brown & Charles Elton

Is the government backtracking on equality duties, asks Charles Pigott

Edward Heaton courts the question: when is a marriage a marriage?

Heather Platt examines the law in relation to children who sue their parents

Keith Davies explores two novel attempts to obtain land—& water—through adverse possession

Michael Tringham observes some recent judgments of Solomon

Katherine Rees evaluates the impact of the SRA’s financial protection policy statement

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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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