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15 December 2023
Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: Events without equal as 2023 ends

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A flurry of legal developments has struck at the very end of 2023, expertly dissected this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law School, aka The Insider

From the guideline hourly rates—how do they match up to fees in real life? Prof Regan provides examples—to the two seminal judgments of Churchill (whether courts can order ADR) and TUI v Griffiths (admissibility of evidence not challenged on cross-examination), The Insider provides insight in inimical style.

Prof Regan has also been doing some digging into the intermediate track, courtesy of a tip-off from an astute silk. He writes: ‘There is something insane in the intermediate track fixed recoverable costs regime…’ 

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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
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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