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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7621

12 September 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith looks to the future

James Maloney considers the pros & cons of charitable incorporated organisations

Is McDonald the last word on Art 8 & private landlords, asks Philip Sissons

Elizabeth Milbourn examines the courts’ approach to liability to injured bus passengers

Re G (children)(Adoption proceedings) [2014] EWHC 2605 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 44 (Aug)

No cracking & hot-tubbing; intestacy law & Inheritance Act reforms & a lowdown on the update

Roderick Ramage discusses the property characteristics of “e-material” & shares a new precedent

Top Brands Ltd and another v Sharma and another [2014] EWHC 2753 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 32 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance AG (in liquidation) v Klaus Tschira Stiftung GmbH and another company [2014] EWHC 2782 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 42 (Aug)

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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
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

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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