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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7353

22 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Law Alderson v Wings Aeromedical Services Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Jan)

Solicitors claim the silk selection procedure is biased towards barristers and too costly and time consuming to complete. 

Barry v Southwark London Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 1440, [2008] All ER (D) 243 (Dec)

Geoffrey Bindman pays tribute to a seditious scribbler and freedom fighter

Michael Zander QC applauds Hazel Genn's Hamlyn Lectures

Burns v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2008] UKPC 63, [2009] All ER (D) 47(Jan)

Ian Smith predicts statutory procedures ruling from the grave

The Royal Bank of Scotland has become the first service provider to be ordered to make its building accessible to wheelchair users.

Extradition

Neary v Governing Body of St Albans Girls’ School [2009] All ER (D) 30 (Jan)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
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
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
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