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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7431

02 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Legal Services Institute question reserved legal activities

A teacher who faced sex discrimination and victimisation has won the right to aggravated damages where the conduct of the employer caused further offence.

A Catholic adoption agency has lost its appeal to the Charity Commission over its policy of excluding gay couples.

Public services union, UNISON launched a legal action last week against the government claming Andrew Lansley, the secretary of state for health, unlawfully failed to consult over his proposals to radically transform the NHS.

Tods Murray LLP elects Graham Burnside as chairman from 1 October.

Ian Ashley-Smith has made legal history by being appointed the first lLEX judge.

Mayer Brown has announced Dominic Griffiths as the new head of the banking and finance group in London.

Dr Nicholas Dobson joins Pannone as a senior consultant. Nicholas started his career as a teacher before being admitted as a solicitor in 1984.

Charles McAuley from HBJ Gateley Wareing has been shortlisted by the judging panel for the Paralegal of the Year Award at this year’s Law Awards of Scotland.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
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

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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