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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7339

14 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Cuthbert v Gare (t/a The Bowes Manor Equestrian Centre) (Supreme Court Costs Office):

Hay v Ministry of Defence [2008] All ER (D) 269 (Jul)

Arbitration

Feeling client phobic? Simon Young has just the remedy

SG & R Valuation Services Co v Boudrais [2008] EWHC 1340, [2008] All ER (D) 141 (May)

Business Environment Bow Lane Ltd v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2008] EWHC 2003 (TCC)

Dolphin Quays Development Ltd v Mills [2008] EWCA Civ 385, [2008] 4 All ER 58

Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP [2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 116 (Sep)

Grayson and another v United Kingdom (App No 19955/05 and 15085/06)

Gareth Kagan and Beverley Barton offer some guidance on witness statements from recent cases

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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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
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