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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7575

13 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Kaley Crossthwaite advises how best to protect your firm against the threat of money laundering...& visits from the regulator

Stephen Mason & Nicholas Bohm take issue with the PIN requirements of Santander

Re J (A Child) (contra mundum injunction) [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam), [2013] All ER (D) 45 (Sep)

Dominic Regan reflects on life's quirks in & out of the court room

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter revisit old ground: naming respondents in discrimination claims

Polly Dyer & HHJ Michael Hopmeier assess the role & impact of DPAs at home & abroad

Regents University v Regent’s University London [2013] EWPCC 39, [2013] All ER (D) 50 (Sep)

The City of London Law Society has slated the current professional regulatory system as “dysfunctional”, in its response to the Ministry of Justice’s review of legal regulation.

A website for consumers of legal services is to be launched in the autumn by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as part of a two-year “action plan”.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to go ahead with its plans for a single fees and remissions system across the courts and tribunals.

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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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