Catherine Leech reflects on the impact of Woodland on liability & arguments for a non-delegable duty of care
Should quality of life depend on the ability to claim compensation, ask Philippa Luscombe & Helen Hammond
ABC v PM and another [2015] EWFC 32, [2015] All ER (D) 122 (Apr)
Although all local authority employees are officers, are all authority officers necessarily employees, asks Nicholas Dobson
Leigh Mallon, James Kitching & Tobias Caspary explore opt-out “class-actions” for competition law damages actions in the UK
European Commission v Germany C-591/13, [2015] All ER (D) 127 (Apr)
Personal injury defendants with evidence of dishonesty will need to consider carefully whether to plead fraud, says Anna Pickering
Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor BV v Bank of China Ltd [2015] EWHC 999 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 123 (Apr)
City of Lincoln Council v Bird [2015] EWHC 843 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 109 (Apr)
R (on the application of JK) v Registrar General for England and Wales [2015] EWHC 990 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 128 (Apr)
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
