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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7714

15 September 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

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)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Commercial disputes practice bolstered by partner hire

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

London competition team expands with collective actions specialist hire

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Commercial dispute resolution team in London welcomes partner

NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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