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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7504

08 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Katherine Rees looks at three recent cases in which parties have sought “mercy” from the court

In the first of three articles Margaret Tofalides & Clare Arthurs discuss arbitration challenges

Merchant International Co Ltd v Natsionalna Aktsionerna Kompaniia “Naftogaz Ukrayiny” [2012] EWCA Civ 196, [2012] All ER (D) 13 (Mar)

Performing Rights Society Ltd v Burns and another [2012] EWHC 221 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 05 (Mar)

Dunn v Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management UKEAT/0531/10/DA, [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Feb)

MacLennan v Hartford Europe Ltd [2012] EWHC 346 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 175 (Feb)

University of Queensland and another v Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks [2012] EWHC 223 (Pat), [2012] All ER (D) 178 (Feb)

Adeeko v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] All ER (D) 21 (Mar)

Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) [2012] UKSC 6, [2012] All ER (D) 193 (Feb)

Jennifer James reviews life on the legal treadmill

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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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