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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7360

12 March 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

More harm than good? Professor Michael Zander QC reflects on 10 years of the Woolf Reforms

Edward Peters considers recent cases about mortgage possession and adverse possession

Geraldine Morris on the isolation of children in family proceedings

Linnett v Halliwells LLP [2009] All ER (D) 36 (Mar)

Ian Smith provides an update on three major employment law developments

Peters v East Midlands Strategic Health Authority [2009] EWCA Civ 145, [2009] All ER (D) 24 (Mar)

Ruttle Plant Hire Ltd v Secretary of State for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (No 3) [2009] EWCA Civ 97, [2009] All ER (D) 01 (Mar)

Lorraine Jones unravels the complexities of paternity testing

The Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England) v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Case C-388/7) [2009] All ER (D) 51 (Mar)

Paula Jefferson provides an update on limitation

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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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