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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7574

05 September 2013
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Gard Marine & Energy Ltd v China National Chartering Co Ltd  [2013] EWHC 2199 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 25 (Aug)

Peter Stevens outlines the proposals to enhance collective redress mechanisms

Roderick Ramage queries whether the employee shareholder scheme can become widespread

A local authority has been fined £100,000 after an employee accidentally posted sensitive information on several vulnerable children and their families onto the internet.

The costs budgeting sanctions imposed on Andrew Mitchell MP in his libel action against The Sun newspaper over “plebgate” has leapfrogged to the Court of Appeal.

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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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