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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7727

16 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Worrall v Antoniadou [2016] EWCA Civ 1219, [2016] All ER (D) 30 (Dec)

Dominic Zammit provides a guide to how to successfully brand a merger

Charles Pigott reports on an airline’s refusal to accommodate breastfeeding cabin crew being discriminatory

Can Lord Bach produce a viable blueprint for a fair system of justice, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

Jonathon Bray discusses ABS authorisation pain points

Bank of Baroda, GCC Operations and others v Nawany Marine Shipping FZE and others [2016] EWHC 3089 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 28 (Dec)

Groupe Go Sport v European Union Intellectual Property Office T-703/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 32 (Dec)

DHL Express (Austria) GmbH v Post-Control-Kommission and another C-2/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 34 (Dec)

Peter Thompson QC contends that setting aside a default judgment should be a free service

After Brexit: is international commercial litigation in London doomed? Pippa Rogerson examines the evidence

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

HFW—Guy Marrison

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

Morrison Foerster—Jenny Galloway & Luke Rowland

Morrison Foerster—Jenny Galloway & Luke Rowland

Firm grows London practice with two partner promotions

Hogan Lovells—David Hansom

Hogan Lovells—David Hansom

Government contracts and procurement practice expands with London partner hire

NEWS
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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