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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7465

12 May 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has hired three new partners. Rachael Spalton, Adam Walford and Simon Malkiel joined the firm on 1 May.

Part 2: Jon Robins continues his predictions on how deregulation will affect the legal services market

Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney

Will a Victorian statute prevent local councils selling off our museums & libraries to make ends meet? Paul Letman investigates

Christopher Stirling reports on setting aside dispositions to third parties in matrimonial proceedings

Boris Cetnik & Malcolm Keen reflect on the ramifications of Baker v Quantum

Andy Creer & John de Waal consider the effect of the decision in Murphy v Wyatt

Feed-in tariffs: thinking big, or redefining small, asks Malcolm Dowden

Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern C-327/09, [2011] All ER (D) 23 (May)

Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 25 (May)

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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 NLJ this week, Ian Smith, emeritus professor at UEA, explores major developments in employment law from the Supreme Court and appellate courts
Writing in NLJ this week, Kamran Rehman and Harriet Campbell of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Operafund Eco-Invest SICAV plc v Spain, where the Commercial Court held that ICSID and Energy Charter Treaty awards cannot be assigned
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