Peer International Corporation v Editora Musical de Cuba [2008] EWCA Civ 1260, [2008] All ER (D) 260 (Nov)
Consumer
Staff cuts and budgetary constraints could undermine LSC attempts to reinvent itself says Jon Robins
Julian Milford assesses the politically charged scenario of fuel poverty
Edited by the All England Law Reporters
Jacobs UK Ltd v Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (incorporated as a US Limited Liability Partnership) [2008] EWHC 2847 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 258 (Nov)
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London v Sancheti [2008] EWCA Civ 1283, [2008] All ER (D) 204 (Nov)
Ogden 6—are they making a difference in assessing PI claims? asks Joe McManus
How will the commitment to carbon reduction affect the landlord and tenant relationship? Malcolm Dowden reports
Economy
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
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
An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice
