header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7573

16 August 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

If there have been cross decrees for dissolution, should separate decrees nisi be perfected by the court...

In a low velocity impact personal injury claim there seems to be some conflict between the Casey v Cartright procedure and Husain v Amin and another...

Is service of a claim form by the court in contravention of the claimant’s request to serve himself...

On applications for permission to remove a child from the jurisdiction, a Cafcass report on the child’s wishes and feelings will often be ordered...

 The requirement for a costs estimate with the allocation/directions questionnaire appears to have been scrapped...

When judgment is entered in an unspecified claim why is it in terms that it is for an amount to be decided... 

Simon Goldie explains how to give your firm a competitive edge

Martin Burns offers a guide to identifying conflicts of interest in dispute resolution

Graham Chase considers the use of ADR to resolve landlord & tenant disputes

Dominic Regan is in the mood for some end-of-term high-jinx

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll