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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7274

24 May 2007
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A former KGB officer is to be charged with the murder by poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said this week.

AIC Ltd v Marine Pilot Ltd [2007] EWHC 1182 (Comm), [2007] All ER (D) 280(May)

To mark the Family Court Reports’ birthday, Jonathan Herring reviews family law cases from the past 20 years

The actions of one man transformed the regulation of the solicitors’ profession, says Geoffrey Bindman

Lawyers are happy, according to a recent survey by recruitment consultancy Badenoch & Clark

Prisoners’ families face high rates of depression, poverty and housing disruption, with the estimated cost of imprisonment rising by almost a third when the social impact is taken into account, a new report finds.

Veils in court are an affront to open justice, says Barbara Hewson

Nicholas Bevan examines the extent to which local authority funded care affects personal injury awards

Do reality-testing, risk analysis and evaluation offer a new model for co-mediation? asks Tony Allen

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

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

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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