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The costs budget Precedent H requires details of ADR/settlement discussions...

Why is it suggested that it will be harder for a party to achive relief from sanctions...

It seems that a claim under s 214 of the Housing Act 2004 for deposit return and penalty must be brought under CPR Pt 8...

If a divorce petitioner who was married abroad has lost her marriage certificate and cannot get hold of a copy...

A county court has refused to issue a money claim on the last day of the limitation period...

Can a dispute between parents about how they divide child benefit between them be resolved...

Where a court hearing is aborted because of court staff error...

Is it common practice to refuse a party his costs on an interlocutory civil hearing...

A civil claim runs alongside an application for financial remedies and the two cases are to be heard together...

Can the court make a suspended order for possession of a dwelling by consent...

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

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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