Mughal v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2014] EWHC 1371 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (May)
R (on the application of JF (by her litigation friend RW)) v NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group [2014] EWHC 1345 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 38 (May)
Assuranceforeningen Gard Gjensidig v The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1971 [2014] EWHC 1394 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 74 (May)
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 0200 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 51 (May)
Barnes (as former court appointed receiver) v The Eastenders Group and another [2014] UKSC 26, [2014] All ER (D) 63 (May)
Susan Dunn tracks the trends in litigation funding
Nigel Sanders provides an offshore perspective of litigation funding
Will the issues of e-cigarettes & plain packaging re-ignite tobacco litigation, asks Sarah Moore
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Calls for government to increase resources for SFO as white collar crime soars
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
