Nicholas Dobson
How local must local housing be, asks Nicholas Dobson
Nicholas Dobson explains how Munby LJ’s streamlining bid was thwarted in the Court of Appeal
Although all local authority employees are officers, are all authority officers necessarily employees, asks Nicholas Dobson
Nicholas Dobson reports on a Supreme Court ruling on terminating a joint tenancy
Did the Court of Appeal’s refusal to allow a local authority’s housing possession order defeat the whole purpose of introductory tenancies? Nicholas Dobson reports
Bring judicial review claims promptly, warns Nicholas Dobson
Resident parking: milking cash cows or lawful charging? Nicholas Dobson reports
Nicholas Dobson revisits the Highways Act regarding overlapping powers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt
Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire
Switalskis—three appointments
Firm appoints three directors to board
Browne Jacobson—seven promotions
Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
