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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7722

11 November 2016
IN THIS ISSUE
Too little, too late Premium Content

The lord chancellor’s response to the attacks on judicial independence has not found favour with the legal profession, notes Jon Robins

10 November 2016 / Dr Jon Robins
Practice Premium Content

NCC Skills Ltd v Ascentis [2016] EWHC 2006 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 217 (Jul)

10 November 2016
"Bedroom tax" ruled discriminatory

Court rules tax unlawfully discrimnates against the disabled

09 November 2016
Expert evidence: too technical for juries?
08 November 2016
hlw Keeble Hawson

Firm appoints five new trainee solicitors

08 November 2016
Martin Cannon—Browne Jacobson

Firm widens its construction offering

08 November 2016
M&S PROFILE: Sameer Karim

The senior partner of DWS Legal describes how the firm overcame the recession

08 November 2016
Art 50: the verdict Premium Content

Michael Zander QC predicts the government is likely to lose the appeal to the Supreme Court

07 November 2016 / Michael Zander KC
Ralph Lim—OC Queen Street

Market leading lawyer joins firm

02 November 2016
Nick Holroyd—Richard Nelson LLP

Firm hires fraud & professional disciplinary lawyer

02 November 2016
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

NEWS
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NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
NLJ this week: Do Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor meet the misconduct bar?
Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle
NLJ this week: Supreme Court unlocks ‘lost years’ windfall for injured children
A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings
NLJ this week: Finality trumps freedom in arbitration showdown
A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996
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