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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7644

13 March 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith follows some figures of speech

Kate Molan & Lucy Cummin warn against increasing transparency in the family courts

Stephen Boyd tells a cautionary tale

Nicholas Griffin QC considers the future of the Goddard Inquiry into child sexual abuse

AFD Software Ltd v ZIP Address Ltd [2015] EWHC 453 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 30 (Mar)

Stevens v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 93, [2015] All ER (D) 301 (Feb)

FSA Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-558/13, [2015] All ER (D) 40 (Mar)

R (on the application of Catt) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R (on the application of T) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2015] UKSC 9, [2015] All ER (D) 31 (Mar)

Carlos Soto SAU and another v AP Møller-Maersk AS [2015] All ER (D) 28 (Mar), [2015] EWHC 458 (Comm)

R (on the application of Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 19 (Mar)

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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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