Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7631

Sarah Taylor explains why the Law Commission is recommending changes to the law of child abduction

Could UK strike laws be in breach of international obligations, asks Chris Syder

John McMullen covers recent cases & developments in the law on TUPE

Is the criminalisation of excessive alcohol consumption during pregnancy possible, asks David Locke

Tim Lawson-Cruttenden examines the evolution of claims against unnamed defendants in non-land law cases

Part 36 is in need of revision to make it more transparent for parties & their lawyers say Alex Sciannaca & Giles Hutt

Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc and others [2014] EWHC 3436 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 300 (Oct)

Blanco and another v Agenzia delle Entrate—Direzione Provinciale I di Roma—Ufficio Controlli C-344/13 and C-367/13, [2014] All ER (D) 276 (Oct)

Gough v United Kingdom (App. No. 49327/11) [2014] ECHR 49327/11, [2014] All ER (D) 313 (Oct)