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Civil litigation

04 December 2008
Issue: 7348 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Jacobs UK Ltd v Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (incorporated as a US Limited Liability Partnership) [2008] EWHC 2847 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 258 (Nov)

On an application for summary judgment under CPR 24.2, a conditional order is appropriate if the court concludes that it is possible that the defence may succeed but that it is improbable that it will do so.

Issue: 7348 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions

Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments

Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Myers & Co—Jess Latham

Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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