Twin Benefits Ltd v Barker and another [2017] EWHC 177 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 137 (Feb)
The consultation on fixed recoverable costs in lower value clinical negligence claims ignores the role of the NHSLA, says Agata Usewicz
Vanishing claims; legal advisers get judgy; & managing incurred costs.
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children Foundation NHS Trust v NO and others [2017] EWHC 241 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 135 (Feb)
Chris Pamplin takes a broad view of the possible implications for expert witnesses of Britain’s exit from the EU
A Local Authority v NR and another [2017] EWHC 153 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 139 (Feb)
Gala 1 Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] UKUT 564 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 130 (Feb)
Bar Standards Board v Howd; Howd v Bar Standards Board [2017] EWHC 210 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 138 (Feb)
Is legal professional privilege at risk of losing its status as a certain & absolute right? John Gould reports
Icescape Ltd v Ice-World International BV and others [2017] EWHC 42 (Pat), [2017] All ER (D) 142 (Feb)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda
Nick Vernon of Walkers on swapping Birmingham for Bermuda and building an employment practice by the sea
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Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch
Global firm re-elects CEO for second term
Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall
Business appoints managing director of operational excellence
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
