R v Bleazard R v Povey and other applications [2008] All ER (D) 279 (May)
The Court of Appeal emphasised the importance of passing deterrent sentences for carrying knives and other offensive weapons, given the prevalence of knife crime.
12 June 2008
SENTENCING
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Payne Hicks Beach—Flora Hussey
Private client department announces partner hire
Blake Morgan—Daniela Smith & Lee Fisher
Firm appoints first joint heads of Wales office
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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