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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7685

05 February 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of C) v Secretary of State for Justice [2016] UKSC 2, [2016] All ER (D) 206 (Jan)

Counted4 Community Interest Company v Sunderland City Council [2015] EWHC 3898 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 198 (Jan)

Camilla Fusco provides guidance for putting in place successful contact arrangements

Stephen Byrne outlines a blow to formulism

Various Claimants v McAlpine and others [2016] EWHC 45 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 163 (Jan)

R (on the application of McKenzie) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2016] EWHC 102 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 203 (Jan)

DPAs: who would want one—and what are the alternatives, asks Jonathan Pickworth

Ben Fielding examines the implications of the end of Safe Harbor

PJV v Assistant Director Adult Social Care Newcastle City Council and another [2015] EWCOP 87, [2016] All ER (D) 87 (Jan)

Sentencing of very large organisations: Emma Davies & Rosie Nelson report

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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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