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Robert Rhodes QC on avoiding the risk of judicial review when chairing a disciplinary tribunal

Francesca Richmond reports on local authorities successfully challenging government cuts to the school building budget

In an increasingly super-sized world, it is refreshing, and surprising, to find something that has got slimmer. The fifth edition of Michael Fordham QC’s now-seminal Judicial Review Handbook has achieved that rare distinction

JFS pupil selection: race discrimination or religious freedom? asks Craig Rose

Charles Brasted & Harriet Dedman consider confidentiality & disclosure in public consultations

Dr Nicholas Dobson treads carefully on the issue of trespass, standards & public interest

Employers are appealing against civil penalties for employing illegal workers. Mark Tempest reports

Housing—Homeless—Child of 16 or 17

Court of Appeal lands major body blow to the Ministry of Defence

The Law Society is threatening legal action against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) over its plans to introduce tendering for very high cost cases (VHCCs).

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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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
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