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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7638

30 January 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

The great UK tradition of the Magna Carta remains vital, say Martha de la Roche & Ruth Daniel

David Spencer & Alistair Kinley assess the government’s attempt to legislate for the fundamentally dishonest

Businesses working across jurisdictions will increasingly have to deal with “human rights” issues, says Chris Syder

Hussain v Waltham Forest London Borough [2015] EWCA Civ 14, [2015] All ER (D) 128 (Jan)

R (on the application of B and another) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 1628, [2014] All ER (D) 197 (Dec)

R (on the application of Mohammed) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 4317 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Jarden Consumer Solutions (Europe) Ltd v SEB SA [2014] EWCA Civ 1629, [2015] All ER (D) 22 (Jan)

Re K and H (Children: unrepresented father: cross-examination of child) [2015] EWFC 1, [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Jan)

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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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
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