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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7423

24 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

You may not have encountered the weight test for works of civil practice and procedure. It involves the carrier throwing at you the constituent parts contained in a cardboard box and seeing whether you fall over.

An “admirably honest” first report by the Court of Protection highlights how the court has struggled under a high volume workload.

XYZ (acting as liquidator of ABC Ltd) v HM Revenue and Customs and another [2010] All ER (D) 139 (Jun)

Dos Santos v Cascais Court Second Criminal Chamber, Portugal [2010] All ER (D) 123 (Jun)

K/S Lincoln and others v CB Richard Ellis Hotels Ltd (No 2) [2010] EWHC 1156 (TCC), [2010] All ER (D) 138 (Jun)

R (on the application of Mwanza) v Greenwich London Borough Council and another [2010] EWHC 1462 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 124 (Jun)

Kotonou v Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform [2010] EWHC 19 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 148 (Jun)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner 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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