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
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—Nathan Evans
Commercial and technology team in Cambridgestrengthened by partner hire
Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta
Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department
Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale
Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
