What steps should you take if you have concerns about a party’s capacity to enter into a negotiated agreement, asks Elizabeth Carson
Mark Sefton discusses enfranchisement
Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update
Probate practitioners need a reality check, says Celia Fraser
The European Court of Justice has further narrowed the definition of personal data, says Peter Stevens
Francesca Kaye & Mary Hodgson discuss the important changes to capital gains tax and compensation payments
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Europe Ltd v BAE Systems (Al Diriyah C4I) Ltd [2014] EWHC 3148 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)
Credit Suisse International v Stichting Vestia Groep [2014] EWHC 3103 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 58 (Oct)
Eyitene v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1243, [2014] All ER (D) 99 (Oct)
Fonderie 2A v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances C-446/13, [2014] All ER (D) 28 (Oct)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
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
