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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7619

15 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider whether obesity is a disability

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report on attempts to improve the eviction process

Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2014] EWCA Civ 1107, [2014] All ER (D) 33 (Aug)

Re W (Children) [2014] EWFC 22, [2014] All ER (D) 25 (Aug)

DSD and another v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 2493 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 18 (Aug)

Wagenaar v Weekend Travel Ltd trading as Ski Weekend [2014] EWCA Civ 1105, [2014] All ER (D) 24 (Aug)

R (on the applicaton of Buer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1109, [2014] All ER (D) 20 (Aug)

Hernández and others v Reino de España (Subdelegación del Gobierno de España en Alicante) and others C-198/13, [2014] All ER (D) 16 (Aug)

JXL and another v Britton [2014] EWHC 2571 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 22 (Aug)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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