David Langwallner
Barrister
David Langwallner is a graduate of the Harvard Law School & the London School of Economics. He is a barrister at 1MCB & lectures in jurisprudence at Middlesex University.
Barrister
David Langwallner is a graduate of the Harvard Law School & the London School of Economics. He is a barrister at 1MCB & lectures in jurisprudence at Middlesex University.
What would Denning do? David Langwallner reports on frustration by impossibility in modern contract law
Paying homage or a licence to steal? David Langwallner delves into the tricky topic of musical sampling in copyright law
What exactly is ‘music’ for copyright purposes? David Langwallner looks beyond the lyrics & settles the score
In UK law, artistic parodies remain in a grey area between freedom of expression & protecting commercial reputations, as David Langwallner explains
In the eye of the beholder? David Langwallner examines copyright protection for works of artistic craftsmanship
Law in the hotel lobby: David Langwallner examines the dilemmas arising from the relocation of trials to temporary courtrooms
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Cadwalader—Matthew Sperry
Firm grows private wealth practice with transatlantic hire
Michelmores—Jennifer Morrissey
Financial services and securities litigation specialist joins as partner in London
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Shakespeare Martineau—David Smithen
South West land team bolstered by real estate partner hire in Bristol
NEWS
MPs have expressed disappointment after the government confirmed it will not consider updating the parental leave system until at least 2027
In his latest 'Civil way' column for this week's NLJ, Stephen Gold delivers a witty roundup of procedural updates and judicial oddities. From the rise in litigant-in-person hourly rates (£24 from October) to the Supreme Court’s venue hire options (canapés in Courtroom 1, anyone?), Gold blends legal insight with dry humour
David Bailey-Vella of Davis Woolfe and chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers explores the new costs budgeting light pilot scheme in this week's NLJ
In July, the Supreme Court quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, ruling that trial judges had wrongly directed juries to treat profit-motivated Libor submissions as inherently dishonest. In this week’s NLJ, David Stern and James Fletcher of 5 St Andrew’s Hill reflect on the decision
In this week's issue of NLJ, Emma Brunning and Dharshica Thanarajasingham of Birketts unpack the high-conflict financial remedy case TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam). The husband’s conduct—described by the judge as a ‘masterclass in gaslighting’—included hiding a £9.5m deferred payment from the sale of a port acquired post-separation. Despite his claims that the port was non-matrimonial, the court found its value rooted in marital assets and efforts
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