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)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Druces LLP—Afsor Ullah
Partner appointed head of Islamic finance
Birketts—Rachel Frost-Smith
Legal director named as new head of children
Kingsley Napley—Tristan Cox-Chung
Firm bolsters restructuring and insolvency team with partner hire
