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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7611

20 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Can inherited wealth be claimed by a non-inheriting spouse when a couple split up? Margaret Hatwood investigates

Does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice? Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report

Dan Tench assesses the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling in Google Spain

R (on the application of Church Commissioners for England) v Hampshire County Council and another [2014] EWCA Civ 634, [2014] All ER (D) 60 (Jun)

Re DE (a Child) [2014] EWFC 6, [2014] All ER (D) 72 (Jun)

Contrarian Funds Llc v Lomas and others Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in Administration) [2014] EWHC 1687 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 65 (Jun)

Standard Bank Plc v EFAD Real Estate Company WLL and others [2014] EWHC 1834 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

Shergill and others v Khaira and others [2014] UKSC 33, [2014] All ER (D) 83 (Jun)

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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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
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