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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7279

28 June 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd v Vetplus Ltd [2007] EWCA Civ 584, [2007] All ER (D) 221 (Jun)

Judges are unfairly singled out for being lenient and the sentencing system is “working as intended”, a senior judge insists.

European Commission v United Kingdom (Case C-127/05), [2007] All ER (D) 126 (Jun)

Trade mark owners will find it more difficult to protect their brands from competitors’ comparative adverts following a Court of Appeal ruling, commercial firm Wedlake Bell is warning.

Wood v Rost [2007] All ER (D) 198 (Jun)

In brief

R v Harries [2007] All ER (D) 48 (Jun)

ICI Chemicals & Polymers Ltd v TTE Training Ltd [2007] All ER (D) 115 (Jun)

Alec Samuels questions whether the new offence of death by careless driving will improve safety and justice on the roads

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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