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Deploying more unqualified and unregulated case workers is a false and unjust economy, says Des Hudson

Sir James Goldsmith’s tale is a warning to those tempted to use the law to intimidate, says Geoffrey Bindman

The legal profession has a duty to stand up to executive intimidation

As Robert Williams steps down as editor of The Law Reports, he reflects on 30 years rendering comprehensible the complexities of court

Roger Smith calls on lawyers to lend their voices in support of colleagues currently denied their own

A flawed Bill has been transformed into a good Act, says John Ludlow

Should patients who can’t consent be subjected to non-essential surgery? asks Julian Samiloff

The government should have done its homework before bombarding schools with An Inconvenient Truth, says Nicholas Hancox

Richard Harrison has his patience tested
by over-hasty lawyers

Education, not more legislation, will help the public understand
—and respect—the law

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey

Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey

Private client department announces partner hire

Blake Morgan—Daniela Smith & Lee Fisher

Blake Morgan—Daniela Smith & Lee Fisher

Firm appoints first joint heads of Wales office

Ogier—Heidi Sandy & Farrah Sbaiti

Ogier—Heidi Sandy & Farrah Sbaiti

Global dispute resolution team promotes two partners in Guernsey and Cayman Islands

NEWS
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

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

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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