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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7387

01 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Compromise agreements can sometimes go too far,
says Nicholas Dobson

Frances Ratcliffe counts up executors’ costs after Raymond Saul v Holden

Part 2: Peter J Tyldesley considers the proposals & prospects for consumer insurance law reform

Veronica Bailey asks whether ISPs & search engines are liable for defamation on the internet

Procedure & principle count in e-disclosure. Martin Bonney explains why

Geoffrey Bindman warns against underestimating the power of the ballot box

Sea Srl v Comune di Ponte Nossa C-573/07

Trustee in Bankruptcy of Louise St John Poulton v Ministry of Justice [2009] EWHC 2123 (Ch)

Three-tier streamlined process to apply from April 2010

Bristows has recruited Toby Crick to become a partner in its IT & outsourcing practice.

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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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