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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7347

27 November 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Paul Hewitt & Paola Fudakowska discuss recent cases

Part one: How rare are exceptions to the no reflective loss principle? ask Victor Joffe QC & James Mather

Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure Ltd [2008] All ER (D) 182 (Nov)

Employment

Practice Direction (allocation and transfer of proceedings) [2008] All ER (D) 118 (Nov)

News in brief

Sections 1-7 of this Act, expected to come into force in April 2009, will repeal ss 29-33 of the Employment Act 2002

KJM Superbikes Ltd v Hinton [2008] EWCA Civ 1280, [2008] All ER (D) 200 (Nov)

Innocuous claims could have potential to cost MIB dear

Victory at last for asbestos sufferers in landmark battle for justice

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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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