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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7666

04 September 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Re X (Children) and Y (Children) (Emergency protection orders) [2015] EWHC 2265 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 340 (Jul)

Stevens v University of Birmingham [2015] EWHC 2300 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 50 (Aug)

​Kindness to lessees; Macclesfield faces chop; CPR and FPR: latest changes; & peril of service charge challenge

Taukacs v Taukaca [2015] EWHC 2365 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 85 (Aug)

Financial Conduct Authority v Da Vinci Invest Ltd [2015] EWHC 2401 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 77 (Aug)

Director of Public Prosecutions v Bulmer [2015] EWHC 2323 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 342 (Jul)

R (on the application of Nutricia Ltd) v Secretary of State for Health [2015] EWHC 2285 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 334 (Jul)

Metropolitan Police Commisisoner v Ahsan [2015] EWHC 2354 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 54 (Aug)

Gary Carrington considers how non-lawyer senior managers & non-executive directors can bring something new to the board

Going it alone? Neil Swift & Nicholas Querée highlight a further common law decision criticising Three Rivers (No 5) in the context of regulatory investigations

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda

NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda

Nick Vernon of Walkers on swapping Birmingham for Bermuda and building an employment practice by the sea

Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch

Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch

Global firm re-elects CEO for second term

Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall

Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall

Business appoints managing director of operational excellence

NEWS

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

Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation
Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid
The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation
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