Ensuring the good governance of sports while keeping them autonomous is an unenviable task. Mike Morgan reports
In brief
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Morina [2007] EWCA Civ 749, [2007] All ER (D) 353 (Jul)
Richard Harrison suggests ways in which barristers can ensure repeat instructions from solicitors
R v El-Kurd [2007] EWCA Crim 1888, [2007] All ER (D) 424 (Jul)
R v Cole; R v Keets [2007] EWCA Crim 1924, [2007] All ER (D) 472 (Jul)
Barnes v St Helens MBC [2006] EWCA Civ 1372, [2007] 3 All ER 525
Re Times Newspapers Ltd [2007] EWCA Crim 1925, [2007] All ER (D) 473 (Jul)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Newcastle & North of England Law Society—Lesley Fairclough
Ward Hadaway partner becomes bicentennial president following regional merger
Devonshires—four promotions
Firm promotes four senior associates to partner in annual round
Fieldfisher—John McElroy & Daniel Hayward
Co-heads of dispute resolution practice appointed alongside partner promotions
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
