Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state
Has the Supreme Court closed the s 18 door? asks Paul Heeley
In-house counsel are under pressure to protect against e-disclosure slip-ups, says Deborah Blaxell
Patience, please...Judges are still summarily assessing costs in civil and family cases on the strength of interim hourly guideline rates which came into operation on 1 January 2009.
Professional negligence litigation comes in fashions. One of the latest arises from the vogue for after the event (ATE) legal expenses insurance obtained, usually by claimants on conditional fee agreements, as protection against any eventual liability to pay the defendants’ costs.
Michael Feakes on a recent court decision which blew CFAs a fair wind
Tony Allen & Dr Karl Mackie question why Jackson LJ has shied away from formally endorsing mediation
What can be salvaged from the wreckage of insolvency? Michael Frisby & Oliver Lawson report
Roger Smithers resolves some Pt 52 conundrums
Tribunal awards down; bank charge claims set to revive; ruling on missing credit agreement defence
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ