Ian Smith returns from the summer break to swot up on the latest employment decisions
Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt track the latest developments surrounding wasted costs orders in family proceedings
The Makro case throws a business rates loophole wide open, says Aidan Briggs
The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns
Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update
Roderick Ramage describes a radical shift in the law on bankruptcy
Unless you are only just back from Mars or Stratford, you will be aware that general damages in personal injury tort cases are rising by 10% with effect from 1 April 2013
French v Carter Lemon Camerons LLP [2012] EWCA Civ 1180, [2012] All ER (D) 14 (Sep)
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 2466 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Sep)
Expect piggyback litigation in the wake of regulatory intervention warn John Bramhall & Eleanor Mumford-Smith
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
