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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Challenging an arbitration award Premium Content

Janna Purdie considers the “substantial injustice” requirement for a successful challenge under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
 

08 January 2009
Benefits & ageism Premium Content

Ian Smith contemplates some murky borderlines

01 January 2009 / Ian Smith
Update from the courts Premium Content

How far should doctors go to inform patients about alternative procedures? Elizabeth Wale reports

01 January 2009 / Elizabeth Wale
Knights in the City

Honours

01 January 2009
Promoting equality Premium Content

Ulele Burnham examines how courts interpret positive equality obligations in public law

01 January 2009 / Ulele Burnham
News in brief

Musicians take note; Working time; Bar nursery

01 January 2009
Law reports: Will-Construction-Definition of "per stirpes" Premium Content

Sammut and others v Manzi Jnr and other (2008) ALL ER (D) 79 (Dec); Lord Phillips, Lord Hope, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell, 4 December 2008

01 January 2009
Taxing matters

Taxation

01 January 2009
Lawyers top league in bid for survival

Profession

01 January 2009
Avoiding a pyrrhic victory Premium Content

James Lewis & Kit Jarvis discuss recent case law on enforcement

01 January 2009 / Kit Jarvis / James Lewis
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Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

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NLJ this week: When post-breach events rewrite damages claims
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
NLJ this week: Supreme Court redraws unfair prejudice rules
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
NLJ this week: ‘Joe Donor’ ruling exposes dangers of unregulated conception
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
NLJ this week: CILEX warns Mazur ruling must spark reform
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
NLJ this week: Conditional job offers carry hidden risks for employers
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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