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
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Forbes Solicitors—Stephen Barnfield
Regulatory team boosted by partner hire amid rising health and safety demand
Arc Pensions Law—Kris Weber
Legal director promoted to partner at specialist pensions firm
Clarke Willmott—Jonathan Cree
Residential development capability expands with partner hire in Birmingham
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
