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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7370

21 May 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Costs—Criminal costs—Power to award costs out of central funds

Brewer v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWHC 987 (QB), [2009] All ER (D) 95 (May)

21 May 2009
Fee simple? Premium Content

Part six: Mark Solon discusses disputes over experts' fees

21 May 2009 / Mark Solon
Rolls-Royce’s plan backfires

Power systems provider’s submission given the red light in age discrimination decision

21 May 2009
A Titanic challenge? Premium Content

Michael Zander QC examines Lord Justice Jackson's preliminary report for indications of his cost recommendations

21 May 2009 / Michael Zander KC
Trouble brewing over redundancies

News in brief

21 May 2009
Jurisdiction matters Premium Content

Part 2: Richard Scorer believes Rome II is imprecise and does not provide sufficient certainty

21 May 2009 / Richard Scorer
Back to the future Premium Content

The costs team at Kings Chambers warns against the dangers of overlooking past regulations

21 May 2009
Counting the cost Premium Content

Alison Pickup hopes the decision in Scott indicates a promising future

21 May 2009 / Alison Pickup
Adjudicator fees Premium Content

Sean Brannigan QC & Elspeth Owens look closely at who pays fees & costs in adjudications

21 May 2009 / Sean Brannigan KC / Elspeth Owens
A one-way street? Premium Content

Jennifer James contemplates Lord Justice Jackson’s legacy...

21 May 2009 / Jennifer James
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Winckworth Sherwood—Tim Foley

Property litigation practice strengthened by partner hire

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

Kingsley Napley—Romilly Holland

International arbitration team specialist joins the team

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

NEWS
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Who’s on the 2026 silk list?
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract
Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent
NLJ this week: Comparators—how close is close enough?
Comparators remain the fault line of discrimination law. In this week's NLJ, Anjali Malik, partner at Bellevue Law, and Mukhtiar Singh, barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, review a bumper year of appellate guidance clarifying how tribunals should approach ‘actual’ and ‘evidential’ comparators. A new six-stage framework stresses a simple starting point: identify the treatment first
NLJ this week: Domicile—more than where you live
In cross-border divorces, domicile can decide everything. In NLJ this week, Jennifer Headon, legal director and head of international family, Isobel Inkley, solicitor, and Fiona Collins, trainee solicitor, all at Birketts LLP, unpack a Court of Appeal ruling that re-centres nuance in jurisdiction disputes. The court held that once a domicile of choice is established, the burden lies on the party asserting its loss
NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
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