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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7738

17 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE
Right to reply: Legal aid, judicial review, and the fight for justice

Response from Shaun McNally CBE, chief executive, Legal Aid Agency

17 March 2017
Online soap opera for lawyers
17 March 2017
Rigorous steps short of champerty Premium Content

The Excalibur benchmark & lessons for funders in international arbitration, by James Clanchy

17 March 2017 / James Clanchy
Insurance Premium Content

Axa Versicherung Ag v Arab Insurance Group [2017] EWCA Civ 96, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

17 March 2017
Landlord & tenant Premium Content

Vivienne Westwood Ltd v Conduit Street Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 350 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)

17 March 2017
Statutory charge or Pyrrhic damages? Premium Content

Does the legal aid statutory charge apply to damages recovered by children & their parents under the Human Rights Act 1998, asks David Burrows

17 March 2017 / David Burrows
Disclosure Premium Content

Tchenguiz and another v Grant Thornton UK LLP and others [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Mar)

17 March 2017
Solicitor Premium Content

Newell-Austin v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 43 (Mar)

17 March 2017
Family proceedings Premium Content

Re EV (A Child); Re EV (A Child) (No 2) [2017] UKSC 15, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)

17 March 2017
Food for thought Premium Content

Andrew Young considers how gastric illness claims have been impacted by Wood v Tui UK Ltd

17 March 2017 / Andrew Young
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

NEWS
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NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
NLJ this week: Do Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor meet the misconduct bar?
Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle
NLJ this week: Finality trumps freedom in arbitration showdown
A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996
NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’? Juries split on proof threshold
For decades, juries have been told to convict only if they are ‘sure’ of guilt. But what does that mean in practice? Writing in NLJ this week, Michael Zander KC, NLJ columnist and emeritus professor at LSE, argues the answer is alarmingly unclear
NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
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