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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7743

28 April 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Leading construction & energy lawyer joins Chambers

Firm appoints residential & commercial property partner

Archer and another v Fabian Investments Ltd and others (Bahamas) [2017] UKPC 9, [2017] All ER (D) 72 (Apr)

Isle of Wight Council v Platt [2017] UKSC 28, [2017] All ER (D) 20 (Apr)

In the first article in a series of three, David Burrows examines the role which a child can play in children proceedings

In its centenary year, Michael L Nash reflects on the birth of the House of Windsor

Work v Gray [2017] EWCA Civ 270, [2017] All ER (D) 61 (Apr)

Times Newspapers Limited v Flood; Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd; Frost and others v MGN Ltd [2017] UKSC 33, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Apr)

Justice in financial services disputes is to be found in the common law, says Michel Reznik, as he presents the case for a Financial Services Tribunal

Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) v Swynson Ltd and another [2017] UKSC 32, [2017] All ER (D) 52 (Apr)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
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
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’
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
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
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