R v Wallace [2007] EWCA Crim 1760, [2007] All ER (D) 219 (Jul)
Incitement to racial hatred has no place in a civilised society, says Geoffrey Bindman
Disclosure of confidential banking data based on suspicion of fraud will have a detrimental effect on the finance industry, says Sam Nafissi
In brief
R v Bowker [2007] EWCA Crim 1608, [2007] All ER (D) 122 (Jul)
Turner v Avis and another [2007] EWCA Civ 748, [2007] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)
Sempra Metals Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners [2007] UKHL 34, [2007] All ER (D) 294 (Jul)
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In brief
DPP v Lawrence [2007] All ER (D) 235 (Jul)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda
Nick Vernon of Walkers on swapping Birmingham for Bermuda and building an employment practice by the sea
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Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch
Global firm re-elects CEO for second term
Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall
Business appoints managing director of operational excellence
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
