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Emma Humphreys & Malcolm Dowden explain why the right to light should not be taken lightly

Kicked when down; THE RUNNER; YEAR END STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT

Rad Kohanzad reports on the upward trend to award costs in employment tribunals

Costa Kypre introduces the new kid on the e-disclosure block: Practice Direction 31B

A selection of articles from Tony Allen & Dr Karl Mackie, CEDR

So what do you know? Hildebrand v Hildebrand [1992] 1 FLR 244 wasn’t quite what it was cooked up to be.

Financial crisis makes success story of ADR

The effective taking of guarantees is a critical stage in the provision of finance by banks and similar institutions.

In Ladd v Marshall [1954] 1 WLR 1489, [1954] 3 All ER 745 the dispute revolved around the potential sale of a bungalow, which Mr Ladd wished to buy from Mr Marshall.

The judiciary is increasingly taking a pragmatic approach to case management and using its discretion—enshrined in the Civil Procedure Rules—to the widest degree, with radical consequences.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

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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