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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Joanna Sykes on the scope of the doctrine of non-derogation from grant
 

Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd (2008) EWCA Civ 1427, (2008) ALL ER (D) 155 (Dec); Sir Anthony May P, Lloyd and Etherton LJJ, 16 December 2008

Gary Yan reports on the exceptional use of s 91(14) prohibition

Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2008] UKHL 70, [2008] All ER (D) 115 (Dec)

O’Brien v Department for Constitutional Affairs [2008] EWCA Civ 1448, [2008] All ER (D) 224 (Dec)

Kier Tankard v John Fredricks Plastics Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1375, [2008] All ER (D) 126 (Dec)

Noor v Home Office [2008] All ER (D) 63 (Dec) (EAT)

Clark v Clark Construction Initiatives Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1446, [2008] All ER (D) 191 (Dec)

Oliver Radley-Gardner & Mark Sefton consider the complexities involved in administrations

Cadogan v Pitts [2008] UKHL 71, [2008] All ER (D) 101 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

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

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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