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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7634

12 December 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Restrictive covenants & freehold land: is now the time to wake up to the challenges to validity, asks Andrew Francis

Is the EU-Canada free trade agreement setting a new standard in investor-state arbitration or eroding investor rights, asks Devika Khanna

Jalal Bezee Mejel Al-Gaood & Partner and another company v Innospec Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 3147 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 230 (Oct)

R (on the application of Cotton and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014] EWHC 3437 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 249 (Oct)

Kelly v Ministry of Justice [2014] EWHC 3440 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 253 (Oct)

Re Parkwell Investments Ltd [2014] EWHC 3381 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 214 (Oct)

Assuranceforeningen Gard Gjensidig v The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund [2014] EWHC 3369 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 225 (Oct)

Re SE (A Child) [2014] EWHC 3182 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 229 (Oct)

Novartis AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-444/12, [2014] All ER (D) 196 (Oct)

Boylin v Christie NHS Foundation [2014] EWHC 3363 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 228 (Oct)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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