header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7618

08 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hester Jewitt examines government plans to crack down on the abuse of zero hours contracts

Simon Hills & Tom Metcalfe report on the implications of the new public procurement regime when setting up a mutual

Tamsin Cox provides an update on the vexed issue of serving effective break notices

Professor Cooke & Luke Campbell report on the forthcoming Law Commission project on the law of wills

Arbitration & the Jackson reforms—who learns from whom? David Bridge investigates

Peter Vaines on strict liability criminal offences from Mars, punitive penalties & disguised salaries

Re JXN (A Child) [2014] EWFC 17, [2014] All ER (D) 08 (Aug)

Browning v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1050, [2014] All ER (D) 04 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance S.A. (in Liquidation) v Sal Oppenhim jr. & cir. KGaA [2014] EWHC 2627 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)

Elsevier Ltd v Munro [2014] EWHC 2728 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Aug)

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers—Sophie Barrett-Brown

Withers drives further growth in its UK immigration team with new partner Sophie Barrett-Brown

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

Venus Legal invests in next generation of legal talent as specialist litigation practice grows

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips continues momentum in London with arrival of Catrina Smith

NEWS
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
back-to-top-scroll