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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7529

13 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith returns from the summer break to swot up on the latest employment decisions

Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt track the latest developments surrounding wasted costs orders in family proceedings

The Makro case throws a business rates loophole wide open, says Aidan Briggs

The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Roderick Ramage describes a radical shift in the law on bankruptcy

Unless you are only just back from Mars or Stratford, you will be aware that general damages in personal injury tort cases are rising by 10% with effect from 1 April 2013

French v Carter Lemon Camerons LLP [2012] EWCA Civ 1180, [2012] All ER (D) 14 (Sep)

McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 2466 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Sep)

Expect piggyback litigation in the wake of regulatory intervention warn John Bramhall & Eleanor Mumford-Smith

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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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