header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7355

05 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

The sharia law debate rumbles on. Thom Dyke reports

Tarn Insurance Services Ltd (in administration) v Kirby [2009] EWCA Civ 19, [2009] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)

Courts

How relevant are benefits payments to employment tribunal cases? Michael Salter & Chris Bryden report

William Byrne sheds some light on uncertainties in adverse possession

An economy in decline means increased fraud detection say Andrew Mitchell QC & Simon Taylor

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow review the latest proposals to introduce a damages remedy in judicial review

Christopher Coffin & Sarah Quilliam look for guarantees in commercial contracts

McFaddens (a firm) v Platford [2009] EWHC 126 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 257 (Jan)

Dyson Technology Ltd v Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 55 (Pat), [2009] All ER (D) 164 (Jan)

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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
back-to-top-scroll