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Simon Duncan surveys the unusual approaches taken towards swaps mis-selling claims

Andrew Stephenson provides an update on the effective service of proceedings in Anglo-Russian litigation

Or at least the so-called “illegality defence” will not protect rogue directors, explains Richard Highley

Thomas Spencer suggests an elegant but overlooked approach for lifting the corporate veil

Tim Smith illustrates the growing urgency for businesses to develop a plan in the event of cyber attacks

Peter Vaines …& George Osborne get serious about tax evasion

Recent cases provide clarity but consumers lose out on agency provisions, say Jonathan Butters & Kevin Durkin

Manufacture at your risk, say Dr Anton van Dellen & Sara Wyeth

Practitioners may be allowed to revive cases which might previously have appeared statute barred, say Jolyon Connell & Jeremy Gordon

In the first article of a two-part series Simon Duncan reviews the legal basis for a bank to apply insolvency set-off

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

NEWS
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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