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DAMAGES

Should adults who are injured after deliberately putting themselves at risk expect to be compensated? Kris Lines and Jon Heshka report

Byrne v The Motor Insurers Bureau and another [2008] EWCA Civ 574, [2008] All ER (D) 307 (May)

Arnup has clarified how courts approach fatal accident claims, says Robert Weir

News In Brief

4 Eng Ltd v Harper and another [2008] EWHC 915 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 400 (Apr)

EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY FOR SUICIDE
LIMITATION IN SEXUAL ABUSE CASES
JURISDICTION

In the first of two articles, Nicholas Bevan explains why Thompstone represents a sea change for future care claims

Thompstone v Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust [2008] EWCA Civ 5, [2008] All ER (D) 72 (Jan)

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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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