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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Health providers are not outside the reach of Art 2 of the European Convention

John Cooper on child protection post Baby P

Gregory Mitchell QC suggests who should be held to account for excess remuneration in the credit crunch

Miners’ compensation solicitors struck off in breach of Solicitors Practice Rules

MacLeod v MacLeod [2008] UKPC 64

Nora Bullock discusses the potential reform of limited partnership law

Tom Poole examines the wide-ranging implications of Horsham Properties

Andrew Keogh on plans to introduce virtual courts

R v Chargot (trading as Contract Services) [2008] UKHL 73, [2008] All ER (D) 106 (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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