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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7273

17 May 2007
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R (Balding) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWHC 759 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 27 (Apr)

Courts are prepared to use more imaginative ways to access and share information, says Ian Mann

The Law Society is threatening legal action against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over its plans to introduce tendering for very high cost cases (VHCCs).

Lamont v Burton [2007] EWCA Civ 429, [2007] All ER (D) 131 (May)

The right to reject: did the Law Lords miss a trick? ask Stephen Sly and Paul Clarke

An 11th hour wave of opposition to home information packs (HIPs) was taking hold this week as MPs demanded that the controversial initiative be scrapped.

Blundell v Governing Body of St Andrews Catholic Primary School [2007] All ER (D) 159 (May)

Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2007] EWCA Civ 404, [2007] All ER (D) 38 (May)

A blind exam candidate can ask to use her own software and it is up to the examining body to prove that this is not a “reasonable adjustment” in her case, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.

Views on solicitors’ professional conduct obligations regarding conflicts of interest when they want to act for seller and buyer in conveyancing and mortgage-related services are being sought by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

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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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