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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7425

06 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Gripple Ltd v Revenue & Customs Commissioners [2010] EWHC 1609 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 263 (Jun)

Metropolitan Housing Trust v Hadjazi [2010] EWCA Civ 750, [2010] All ER (D) 09 (Jul)

Mayor of London v Hall and others [2010] EWHC 1613 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 254 (Jun)

CoreLegal a new support network for solicitors and barristers launched last week.

Sir Mark Waller will join Serle Court’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Panel as an arbitrator and mediator.

Simon Halberstam has joined Kingsley Napley as partner within their expanding corporate and commercial team.

Ruby Wax presented LexisNexis with the Best Use of Technology award at the recent inaugural Conference Awards

Fourteen hundred solicitors, barristers and in-house lawyers were present to see comedian Michael McIntyre host The Lawyer awards last month at the Grosvenor, London.

David McGrady has been named as the 47th president of the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX).

Tom Morrison has been appointed as a partner in Rollits’ commercial group (now an LLP).

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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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