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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7738

17 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Response from Shaun McNally CBE, chief executive, Legal Aid Agency

The Excalibur benchmark & lessons for funders in international arbitration, by James Clanchy

Axa Versicherung Ag v Arab Insurance Group [2017] EWCA Civ 96, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

Vivienne Westwood Ltd v Conduit Street Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 350 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)

Does the legal aid statutory charge apply to damages recovered by children & their parents under the Human Rights Act 1998, asks David Burrows

Tchenguiz and another v Grant Thornton UK LLP and others [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Mar)

Newell-Austin v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 43 (Mar)

Re EV (A Child); Re EV (A Child) (No 2) [2017] UKSC 15, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)

Andrew Young considers how gastric illness claims have been impacted by Wood v Tui UK Ltd

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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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