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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7347

27 November 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Paul Hewitt & Paola Fudakowska discuss recent cases

Part one: How rare are exceptions to the no reflective loss principle? ask Victor Joffe QC & James Mather

Football Association Premier League Ltd v QC Leisure Ltd [2008] All ER (D) 182 (Nov)

Employment

Practice Direction (allocation and transfer of proceedings) [2008] All ER (D) 118 (Nov)

News in brief

Sections 1-7 of this Act, expected to come into force in April 2009, will repeal ss 29-33 of the Employment Act 2002

KJM Superbikes Ltd v Hinton [2008] EWCA Civ 1280, [2008] All ER (D) 200 (Nov)

Innocuous claims could have potential to cost MIB dear

Victory at last for asbestos sufferers in landmark battle for justice

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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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