Tortious claims against parent companies examined by Bill Davies
Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_110-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 147 (Oct)
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Zombory-Moldovan (trading as Craft Carnival) T-693/15, [2016] All ER (D) 182 (Oct)
The Scottish “named person” service is unlawful, says Nicholas Dobson
Premier Motorauctions Ltd (in liquidation) and another v Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP and another [2016] EWHC 2610 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 154 (Oct)
Webber v Department for Education [2016] EWHC 2519 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 153 (Oct)
R (on the application of Ahmed) [2016] EWCA Civ 303, [2016] All ER (D) 232 (Mar)
Pension relief for bankrupts; Suspended order shock; Family non-disclosure; Insolvency Rules found
Lawyers need to go beyond the bounds of orthodox thinking, says Bryan Greetham
Helen Bell examines the overlap between personal injury & employment law claims from a practical perspective
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
