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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: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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