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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7315

03 April 2008
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Wakefield Metropolitan District Council v T [2008] EWCA Civ 199, [2008] All ER (D) 298 (Mar)

R v Khan [2008] EWCA Crim 531, [2008] All ER (D) 212 (Mar)

Smith v Northamptonshire County Council [2008] EWCA Civ 181, [2008]All ER (D) 132 (Mar)

R v Kiely [2008] EWCA Crim 536

R (White) v Crown Court at Blackfriars [2008] EWHC 510 (Admin)

Lichter & Schwarz v Rubin [2008] EWHC 450 (Ch D)

James Carleton Seventh Earl of Malmesbury and others v Strutt and Parker (a partnership) [2008] EWHC 424 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)

City of Westminster Social and Community Services Department v C and another [2008] EWCA Civ 198, [2008] All ER (D) 276 (Mar)

The importance of implementing the letter of the law should not be underestimated, say Peter Wilcock and Joel Bennathan QC

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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
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

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

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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