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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7404

11 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Has Radmacher clarified the status of pre-nuptial agreements? Lisa Carkeek reports

Mark Sharpley suggests how to prevent fraudulent activity

NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina [2010] EWCA Civ 41, [2010] All ER (D) 57 (Feb)

Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2010] EWHC 143 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 29 (Feb)

Tony Allen & Dr Karl Mackie question why Jackson LJ has shied away from formally endorsing mediation

R (on the application of Perinpanathan) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court and another [2010] EWCA Civ 40, [2010] All ER (D) 44 (Feb)

Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement, Anthony Radevsky & Damian Greenish

Increased family work has placed “great strains” on family judges, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has warned.

Legal aid management “far from competent”

Parliament urged to review “complex and obscure” provisions

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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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