Roger Smith reports on a busy start to 2015
Michael Salter & Chris Bryden discuss the challenges of managing employees’ social media activity
Camilla Fusco outlines the legal implications for new relationships after a divorce
Andrew Francis discusses right of light reform proposals
In the first article of a two-part series Simon Duncan reviews the legal basis for a bank to apply insolvency set-off
Calderbank offers & Pt 36 offers are examined by Chris Hoyer-Millar & Alex Fox
Changtel Solutions UK Ltd (formerly Enta Technologies Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 29, [2015] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)
McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2015] UKSC 1, [2015] All ER (D) 208 (Jan)
Regie communale autonome du stade Luc Varenne v Etat Belge C-55/14, [2015] All ER (D) 218 (Jan)
Global Food Defence Systems Ltd and another v Van Den Noort Innovations Bv and others [2015] EWHC 153 (IPEC), [2015] All ER (D) 237 (Jan)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Laytons ETL—Maximilian Kraitt
Commercial firm strengthens real estate disputes team with associate hire
Switalskis—three appointments
Firm appoints three directors to board
Browne Jacobson—seven promotions
Six promoted to partner and one to legal director across UK and Ireland offices
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
