Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state
Initial responses to Jackson LJ’s Final Report focused on the headline grabbing proposals such as an end to the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums, one-way costs shifting and a ban on referral fees.
There is no shortage of critics of the family justice system. Family charities allege bias in the law so far as it relates to their members, senior judges complain that there is insufficient funding to properly protect children, Ofsted continues to criticise Cafcass, and politicians have finally woken up to the fact that the system should be viewed in its socio-economic and public health context.
Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon
Chris Bryden & Michael Salter on the employee fallout from the eruption
Will the Revised PLP remedy some of the problems of the family law system? Rosie Schumm reports
Andrew Burns examines the insurance angles of recent PI claims
Once a highway, always a highway? asks John Summers
Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow highlight the significance of a decision being quashed due to mistake of fact
Tony Lewis & Charlotte Ovans consider the Bribery Act 2010 & a global approach to anti-corruption
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Winckworth Sherwood—Charlotte Coleman & Qaisar Sheikh
Two promoted to partner in property litigation and education teams
Dorsey & Whitney LLP—Peter Knust
Cross-border finance and restructuring specialist joins as of counsel in London
Powell Gilbert—Callum Beamish-Lacey
IP firm promotes litigator to partnership
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
