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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7582

01 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Stephen Smith warns practitioners to keep an eye on the tax consequences of disposals set aside under s 37 of MCA 1973

In the first of two leading articles, Khawar Qureshi QC puts ethics in international arbitration under the spotlight

Madoff Securities International Ltd (in liquidation) v Raven and others [2013] EWHC 3147 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 216 (Oct)

Woodland v Essex County Council [2013] UKSC 66, [2013] All ER (D) 252 (Oct)

Galp Energia Espana SA and other companies v European Commission T-462/07, [2013] All ER (D) 209 (Oct)

Dow Chemical Co v European Commission C-179/12 P, [2013] All ER (D) 207 (Oct)

Minerva Navigation Inc v Oceana Shipping AG; Oceana Shipping AG v Transatlantica Commodities SA [2013] EWCA Civ 1723, [2013] All ER (D) 256 (Oct)

Jane Ching explores the importance of language within legal education

Foskett J sets the record straight over the survey into guideline hourly rates

Julie Brannan breaks down the SRA’s proposed new flexible approach to continuing professional development

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Commercial disputes practice bolstered by partner hire

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

London competition team expands with collective actions specialist hire

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Commercial dispute resolution team in London welcomes partner

NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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