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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7652

15 May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

The law surrounding illegal conduct & trusts is in a muddle, says Steve Evans

Reynolds v CLFIS (UK) Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 439, [2015] All ER (D) 20 (May)

Novartis AG and others v Focus pharmaceuticals Ltd and others; Novartis AG and others v Teva UK Ltd [2015] EWHC 1068 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)

The legal profession has been reluctant to embrace alternative fee arrangements. In this two-part series Ben Summerfield & Kirsty O’Connor explore why

Skype Ultd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-184/13 , [2015] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Daniel Goodkin examines the pitfalls surrounding valuers’ negligence

Christopher Butler & Harriet Errington examine the court’s discretion to exclude media representatives from family proceedings

Charles Pigott observes a divide in the Supreme Court over reasonableness of a contractual decision

R (on the application of Whapples) v Birmingham Crosscity Clinical Commissioning Group [2015] EWCA Civ 435, [2015] All ER (D) 245 (Apr)

Breyer Group plc and others v Department of Energy and Climate Change [2015] EWCA Civ 408, [2015] All ER (D) 03 (May)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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