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Businesses working across jurisdictions will increasingly have to deal with “human rights” issues, says Chris Syder

Peter Vaines wonders whether the meaning of “discovery” is too wide

Restrictive covenants & freehold land: is now the time to wake up to the challenges to validity, asks Andrew Francis

Can you make time of the essence if a contract is silent on the point, asks John Sharples

In the first of a series of articles on banking litigation, Simon Duncan discusses how limitation can be used to counter swaps mis-selling claims

Silke N Kumpf considers the significance of the worldwide rise in Islamic finance structures

Francesca Kaye & Mary Hodgson discuss the important changes to capital gains tax and compensation payments

In his latest update on the world of tax Peter Vaines has mixed opinions on new guidance from HMRC

Post-Jackson could individuals wronged by Wonga secure access to the court at a reasonable cost, asks David Greene

Does price parity mean price increase when it comes to most favoured nation clauses? Rebecca Owen-Howes reports

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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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