Embassies’ employment immunities are in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights, as Charles Pigott reports
Spousal maintenance in a time of change outlined by Hazel Wright
Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update
Edward Rowntree explains why deathbed gifts are under the Appeal Court spotlight
James Ward takes issue with the chancellor’s unjustified attack on deeds of variation
Peter Vaines …& George Osborne get serious about tax evasion
Ecovision Systems Ltd v Vinci Construction UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 587 (TCC), [2015] All ER (D) 160 (Mar)
Braganza v BP Shipping Ltd and another [2015] UKSC 17, [2015] All ER (D) 185 (Mar)
Intermark Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Design) T-384/13, [2015] All ER (D) 192 (Mar)
Naazneen Investments Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-250/13, [2015] All ER (D) 191 (Mar)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC
A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers
Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones
Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team
Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn
Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team
Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event
Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need
Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ
An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ
The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear
