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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7564

14 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene takes issue with excessive & ineffective political grandstanding

Nicholas Dobson considers the lessons we can learn from Sally Bercow’s mishap

Sejal Raja provides an update on post-employment victimisation protection

The High Court has provided guidance on the correct approach to assessing an occupier’s duty of care relating to foreseeable risk. Henry Morton Jack reports

Holland Park provides a lesson in restrictive covenants, says Andrew Francis

Early determination should be considered, but only if conditions are right, says Tom Henderson

Claim early for sacking, overriding objective strikes, well done Phipson & financial remedy abuse

Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom (App. No. 48876/08) [2013] ECHR 48876/08, [2013] All ER (D) 21 (May)

R (on the application of NR) v Local Government Ombudsman [2013] EWHC 1335 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 18 (Jun)

Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 46 (Jun)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
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
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
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