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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7737

10 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Wodzicki v Wodzicki [2017] EWCA Civ 95 [2017] All ER (D) 22 (Mar)

Khawar Qureshi QC reviews the headline-catching public international law cases before the English Courts in 2016

Ahmed v United Kingdom (App No 59727/13) [2017] All ER (D) 16 (Mar)

P R Hardman & Partners v Greenwood and another [2017] EWCA Civ 52, [2017] EWCA Civ 52

Re Burnden Group Ltd; Fielding and another v Hunt (acting as Liquidator of the Burnden Group Ltd) [2017] EWHC 406 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 29 (Mar)

Latest CPR update: the rest; no more meetings; & don’t discount a withdrawal.

Webster (a child and protected party, by his mother and Litigation Friend, Butler) v Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 62, [2017] All ER (D) 189 (Feb)

IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, [2017] UKSC 16, [2017] All ER (D) 09 (Mar)

Geoffrey Bindman urges caution in the march towards online dominance in the law

The Possession Online Claims system is in urgent need of a digital makeover, as Tracy Bird explains

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Firm welcomes partner with specialist expertise in family and art law

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar

Dual-qualified partner joins international private client team

NEWS

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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