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Ridgeland Properties Ltd v Bristol City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 649, [2011] All ER (D) 292 (May)

R (on the application of Shoesmith) v Ofsted and others [2011] EWCA Civ 642, [2011] All ER (D) 293 (May)

W (by her litigation friend, B) v M (by her litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and others [2011] EWHC 1197 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 08 (Jun)

Re L (a child) (injury: fact finding) [2011] EWHC 1285 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 57 (May)

Vehicle & Operator Services Agency v Wright [2011] EWHC 1389 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 09 (Jun)

Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Conarken Group Ltd; Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd v Farrell Transport Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 644, [2011] All ER (D) 288 (May)

KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 3145 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 281 (May)

Hare-Brown and another v Trent and another [2011] EWHC 90202 (Costs), [2011] All ER (D) 223 (May)

Fung Oi Chiu and others v Waitrose Ltd and another [2011] All ER (D) 271 (May), [2011] EWHC 1356 (TCC)

Chen and others v Chui and others [2011] EWHC 1276 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 266 (May)

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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
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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
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