Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education
With a further shift expected to the discount rate, Julian Chamberlayne questions how much under compensation is considered full compensation?
Should a week’s pay be calculated to include employer’s pension contributions, asks Charles Pigott
Rupert Reed QC puts the security of the landlord’s rights under the spotlight
A warning from Martin Mears that landlords are at risk from a pernicious & unjust rule concerning tenants’ deposits
Nicholas Roberts explores the practicalities of assigning responsibility for fire safety in long leasehold flats
This week, Dominic Regan addresses estimates & revisits the problem of incurred costs
CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish
Max Withington believes proposed model directions to be used in credit hire cases are on the right track
Rasul v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 357 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)
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
