header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7756

27 July 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

The new president wants to raise the profile of the CILEx route to qualification

​Can you afford to become an independent solicitor? Can you afford not to? Two consultants at virtual firm Scott-Moncrieff & two career experts share their experiences

Kristina Oliver explains how in-house marketers can add value to law firms & the bottom line

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Yukos Finance BV and others v Lynch and others [2017] EWHC 1812 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 147 (Jul)

Abercrombie & Fitch Italia Srl v Bordonaro C-143/16 , [2017] All ER (D) 161 (Jul)

Shaw (personal representative of the estate of Ewan (deceased)) v Kovac and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1028, [2017] All ER (D) 139 (Jul)

Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm) , [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 151 (Jul)

Re Lemos; Leeds and another (in their capacity as the joint trustees in bankruptcy of the estate of Lemos) v Lemos and others [2017] EWHC 1825 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 157 (Jul)

Co-Operative Bank plc v Hayes Freehold Ltd (in liquidation) and others; Deutsche Bank AG v Sentrum (Hayes) Ltd (in liquidation) and another [2017] EWHC 1820 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 141 (Jul)

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
Artificial intelligence, proportionality and public decision-making are under increasing judicial scrutiny, according to the latest public law round-up from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Families relying on informal agreements over property ownership could face costly consequences if disputes arise, the High Court has warned
back-to-top-scroll