Response from Shaun McNally CBE, chief executive, Legal Aid Agency
The Excalibur benchmark & lessons for funders in international arbitration, by James Clanchy
Axa Versicherung Ag v Arab Insurance Group [2017] EWCA Civ 96, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)
Vivienne Westwood Ltd v Conduit Street Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 350 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)
Does the legal aid statutory charge apply to damages recovered by children & their parents under the Human Rights Act 1998, asks David Burrows
Tchenguiz and another v Grant Thornton UK LLP and others [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Mar)
Newell-Austin v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 43 (Mar)
Re EV (A Child); Re EV (A Child) (No 2) [2017] UKSC 15, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)
Andrew Young considers how gastric illness claims have been impacted by Wood v Tui UK Ltd
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
