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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

10 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

When writing a will is not enough. Dan Godsall reports

Michael Tringham surveys contentious probate cases

Chris Warren-Smith & Charles Golsong report on the proposed break-up of the FSA

There is much to go through before a deed is signed, sealed & delivered, says Lauren Roberts

R (Johns and another) v Derby City Council (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2011] EWHC 375 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 292 (Feb)

Association belge des Consommateurs Test-Achats ASBL and others v Conseil des ministres: C-236/09, [2011] All ER (D) 07 (Mar)

Mason and others v Mills & Reeve (a firm) [2011] EWHC 410 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

R (on the application of Murdock) v Secretary of State [2011] EWCA Civ 161, [2011] All ER (D) 254 (Feb)

Powell v London Borough of Hounslow [2011] UKSC 8, [2011] All ER (D) 255 (Feb)

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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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