Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7446

Hannah Mycock & Julia Marlow reflect on the dangers & prevalence of Henry VIII powers

Michael Tringham reports on a poignant US case & grapples with longevity statistics

Daniel Lightman revisits the statutory derivative claim…three years on

Jonathan Arr explores the complex world of set-off, currency conversion & exchange rates

Re S (a child) (care order: fact finding) [2010] EWCA Civ 1363, [2010] All ER (D) 91 (Dec)

ABC Ltd v Y [2010] EWHC 3176 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 83 (Dec)

Pindell Ltd and another v Airasia Berhad [2010] EWHC 3238 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 123 (Dec)

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills v Doffman and another Re Stakefield (Midlands) Ltd and other companies [2010] EWHC 3175 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 89 (Dec)

R (on the application of Woolas) v The Parliamentary Election Court [2010] EWHC 3169 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 60 (Dec)

R (on the application of Tilianu) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2010] EWCA Civ 1397, [2010] All ER (D) 117 (Dec)