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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7450

27 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Tony Hill & Kate Thompson revisit the illegality defence

Employment tribunal award limits are subject to annual review at which they are linked to the inflation rate.

William Gibson says costs management should be left to the experts, not judges

A petition pleads a child as a non-child of the family but in his acknowledgement of service...

An ancillary relief consent order provides for equal division by agreement of the parties’ chattels...

If a fast track trial is adjourned on the day before evidence is adduced...

Where a party fails to appear at a small claims trial without giving the requisite notice...

A judgment arising out of a contested county court hearing is not registrable at the Register of County Court Judgments...

Redwing Construction Ltd v Wishart [2011] EWHC 19 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 101 (Jan)

R (on the application of Morge) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2, [2011] All ER (D) 114 (Jan)

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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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