Following the latest case with cake at the core, Athelstane Aamodt takes a culinary journey through a few more legal pickles
A changing role in changing times? Sophie Gould reports on how in-house lawyers are adopting & adapting advances in legal technology
Question marks over lingua franca status of English law post-Brexit
Not all beneficiaries or trustee decisions are equal, as William Moffett reports
In his second article on the challenges of amending a defendant’s name, Victor Smith considers the distinction between entities that are truly different & the same defendant merely misnamed
John McMullen discusses the variation of employment contracts after TUPE transfers
Legal challenges to solicitors’ bills seem set to increase, says Richard Langley
Supermarket vicariously liable for employee breach
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Forbes Solicitors—Stephen Barnfield
Regulatory team boosted by partner hire amid rising health and safety demand
Arc Pensions Law—Kris Weber
Legal director promoted to partner at specialist pensions firm
Clarke Willmott—Jonathan Cree
Residential development capability expands with partner hire in Birmingham
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
