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Stephen Hackett & Clare Arthurs unravel the complexities of contracting with a sole trader

Christopher Stoner QC explains why awarding damages in lieu of an injunction is the exception not the rule

Jonathan Arr explores the complex world of set-off, currency conversion & exchange rates

Kenneth Warner highlights the courts’ reluctance to invoke a duty of care for unconventional forms of damage

When is a financially interested party entitled to be joined to proceedings, asks Matthew Snarr

Peter Wake applauds a common sense approach to liability

Attempts to contest the scope of the vicarious liability doctrine are likely to fail. Richard Scorer explains why

Brent McDonald considers the high cost of exaggeration & fraud

Mike Willis considers the compensation options when holiday hopes hit the buffers

An appropriate briefing is key to untangling release fee damages, says Andrew Francis

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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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