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Attorney General v Fraill and another; R v Knox [2011] All ER (D) 103 (Jun)

G (by his litigation friend) v Head Teacher and Governors of St Gregory’s Catholic Science College [2011] EWHC 1452 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 113 (Jun)

Crown Estate Commissioners v Governors of Peabody Trust and another [2011] EWHC 1467 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 63 (Jun)

Berent v Family Mosaic Housing and another [2011] EWHC 1353 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 75 (Jun)

Mekarska v Ruiz and another [2011] EWHC 913 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 14 (Jun)

Grievson v Grievson [2011] EWHC 1367 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 58 (Jun)

Hillingdon London Borough Council v Neary and others [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

EG v United Kingdom [2011] ECHR 41178/08, [2011] All ER (D) 31 (Jun)

DFT v TFD [2010] EWHC 2335 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

Goodwin v NGN Ltd [2011] EWHC 1437 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 45 (Jun)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

Winckworth Sherwood—Charlie Hancock

Winckworth Sherwood—Charlie Hancock

Private wealth and tax offering bolstered by partner hire

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Firm grows real estate team with tenth partner hire this financial year

NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
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
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’
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
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