Alec Samuels provides an update on expert witnesses providing concurrent evidence from the “hot-tub”
"I believe that this book is a must-have in the medico-legal field"
Bosworth and another v Arcadia Petroleum Ltd and others [2016] All ER (D) 25 (Sep), [2016] EWCA Civ 818
R (on the application of Faraday Development Ltd) v West Berkshire Council [2016] EWHC 2166 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 18 (Sep)
Re B (a minor) (habitual residence) [2016] EWHC 2174 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 15 (Sep)
OMV Petrom SA v Glencore International AG [2016] EWCA Civ 778, [2016] All ER (D) 88 (Aug)
Taylor v Van Dutch Marine Holding Ltd and others [2016] EWHC 2201 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 14 (Sep)
EE Ltd v Office of Communications [2016] EWHC 2134 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 19 (Sep)
Re Bishop; Golstein v Bishop and another [2016] EWHC 2187 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 27 (Sep)
R (on the application of Flint and another) v South Gloucestershire Council [2016] EWHC 2180 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 13 (Sep)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Winckworth Sherwood—Charlotte Coleman & Qaisar Sheikh
Two promoted to partner in property litigation and education teams
Dorsey & Whitney LLP—Peter Knust
Cross-border finance and restructuring specialist joins as of counsel in London
Powell Gilbert—Callum Beamish-Lacey
IP firm promotes litigator to partnership
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
