Thorner v Major and others [2009] UKHL 18, [2009] All ER (D) 257 (Mar)
Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage
Lansat Shipping Co v Glencore Grain BV [2009] EWHC 551 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 247 (Mar)
Jenny Pattison on letters of intent in the construction industry
Employment
Deborah Edwards reports on limitation and constructive knowledge in industrial disease claims
Paul Harris & Alasdair Mackenzie discuss fresh claims & foreign cases
Profession
Civil Funding
News In Brief
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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NLJ Career Profile: Ling Ong, London Market FOIL
Ling Ong, partner at Weightmans and president of London Market FOIL, discusses her biggest inspirations, the challenges of AI and the importance of tackling unconscious bias
DWF—Imogen Francis
Director and head of IP team joins in Birmingham
Penningtons Manches Cooper—five promotions
Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions
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
