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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7414

21 April 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The guideline hourly rates for solicitors have been increased on the basis of “insubstantial” evidence, according to a leading costs barrister.

Bressol and others v Gouvernement de la Communaute francaise Chaverot and others v Gouvernement de la Communaute francaise C-73/08, [2010] All ER (D) 48 (Apr)

Union of European Football Association and another v Euroview, [2010] All ER (D) 87 (Apr)

Jones v Environcom Ltd and another. MS PLC t/a Miles Smith Insurance Brokers, third party, [2010] EWHC 759 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 76 (Apr)

R (on the application of March) v Secretary of State for Health, [2010] EWHC 765 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 93 (Apr)

David Cameron describes the forthcoming election as: “The most important election for a generation.” But, how important is it for property professionals?

The Daily Mail was keen on Lord Judge’s Judicial Studies Board lecture. It linked his caution on the use of judgments of the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights to David Cameron’s policies to strengthen British sovereignty. Lord Judge himself, though he uttered the usual judicial disclaimers (“political debate is not for a holder of judicial office”), can hardly have been surprised. He dealt with politically touchy matters—the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and that of the European Court of Justice. On the former, he entered the murky waters of the authority to be accorded by the domestic courts to judgments of the Strasbourg court.

Charles Pigott predicts more uncertainty for agency workers

Despite media hype courts are reluctant to extend the categories of liability to occupiers. Roddy Macleod explains why

Energy performance certificates—ignored or disregarded? asks Malcolm Dowden

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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