Claimants appearing on the Register of the Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 463, [2008] All ER (D) 89 (May)
Damages for personal injury may be recovered in the tort of public nuisance.
30 May 2008
Tort
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Womble Bond Dickinson—Paula Myers
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Paula Myers to private capital team in Leeds
mfg Solicitors—five promotions
Law firm mfg Solicitors announces five promotions at Birmingham office
Brabners—six promotions
Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions
NEWS
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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