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William Patry, senior copyright counsel for Google Incorporated, not only has practical experience of copyright law in practice, he is also the author of several publications on the subject, including the eight volume treatise, Patry On Copyright.

Jennifer James pays tribute to Her Maj

Jennifer James tackles courtroom controversy

HLE bloggers Lyndon Harris & Felicity Gerry argue for an alternative to the prison system

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Felicity Gerry bemoans the lack of public interest in miscarriages of justice

Having recently written about the litigation over the famous vintage racing car Old Number One...

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington explores the fuss surrounding the monitoring of online activities

Is it really 12 months since the last Cook on Costs appeared on the shelves? Much has happened in that time and Michael Cook has clearly been busy expanding his Cookbook to accommodate the changes.

HLE blogger Jane Hickman examines the law reform proposals surrounding cartels

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

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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