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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7529

13 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

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

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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