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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7429

05 August 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another [2010] UKSC 35, [2010] All ER (D) 333 (Jul)

R (on the application of the Electoral Commission) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another [2010] UKSC 40, [2010] All ER (D) 324 (Jul)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee [2010] EWCA Civ 843, [2010] All ER (D) 306 (Jul)

R v Chaytor and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1910, [2010] All ER (D) 335 (Jul)

Marc Weller reports on the Kosovo question & disputed statehood

Who would have thought that a government in office for just two months would make a move upon costs reform and the implementation of Jackson?

The coalition government has announced a consultation process in the autumn on the implementation of certain key recommendations from Lord Justice Jackson’s report Review of Civil Litigation Costs.

James Riby expounds on interim relief & the division of chattels

Is it the end game for the default retirement age, asks Charles Pigott

Imerman v Tchenguiz and others, Imerman v Imerman [2010] EWCA Civ 908, [2010] All ER (D) 320 (Jul)

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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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