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Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation and others v Privalov and others [2014] EWHC 3102 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 61 (Oct)

Standard Chartered Bank v Dorchester LNG (2) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1382, [2014] All ER (D) 273 (Oct)

Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 3131 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 27 (Oct)

Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd T/A World Duty Free [2014] EWCA Civ 1387, [2014] All ER (D) 325 (Oct)

Olainfarm AS v Latvijas Republikas Veselibas ministrija and another C-104/13, [2014] All ER (D) 322 (Oct)

Prest v Prest [2014] EWHC 3430 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 277 (Oct)

HTC Corporation v Gemalto S.A. [2014] EWCA Civ 1335, [2014] All ER (D) 274 (Oct)

Surrey (UK) Ltd v Mazandaran Wood & Paper Industries [2014] EWHC 3165 (Comm)

Wobben Properties GmbH v Siemens Public Ltd Company and others [2014] EWHC 3173 (Pat), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Oct)

Galiazia v Governor of HMP Hewell and another [2014] EWHC 3427 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 264 (Oct)

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Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick

North west team expands with senior private client and property hires

Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham

Firm boosts corporate team in Newcastle to support high-growth technology businesses

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NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract

Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent

NLJ this week: Comparators—how close is close enough?

Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first

NLJ this week: Domicile—more than where you live

In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss

NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law

Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes

NLJ this week: Arbitration’s fast lane—with guardrails

Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved

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Law digest

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick

Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham