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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7719

21 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Soma Oil and Gas Ltd) v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2016] EWHC 2471 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 68 (Oct)

Latest CPR update; patently boring; MIAM change.

How can the “conscious uncoupling” of the EU & UK legal systems be achieved, ask Charles Brasted & Andrew Eaton

Kate Molan reviews helpful new guidance to protect the anonymity of children in the family courts

After Lord Mansfield’s judgment: whatever happened to James Somerset, asks LW Blake​

Post Panama Papers & pre-Brexit: how can we encourage corporate lawyers to behave with integrity, asks Dr Tony Harvey

Spar Shipping AS v Grand China Logistics Holding (Group) Co. Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 982, [2016] All ER (D) 67 (Oct)

Niken Construction Ltd v Trigram Carver Street Ltd [2016] EWHC 2232 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

Turner and another v Alno UK Ltd UKEAT/0349/15/DA, [2016] All ER (D) 65 (Oct)

Nicholas Dobson considers proportionality surrounding eviction from private lettings

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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
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

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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