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17 April 2008
Issue: 7317 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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Tort

Whitehead v Hibbert Pownall & Newton [2008] All ER (D) 60 (Apr)

In a case where solicitors have negligently failed to prosecute a claim for damages, it is important not to take too narrow a view of the guidance afforded by the principle of restitutio in integrum if doing so will have the effect of leaving out of account events relevant to the ascertainment of just compensation, on the ground only that they have happened since the notional original trial and so were by definition unknowable at that time.

Issue: 7317 / Categories: Case law , Law digest
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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