Re Alitalia Linee Aeree Italiane SpA Connock and another v Fantozzi [2011] EWHC 15 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 104 (Jan)
Construction Industry Training Board v Beacon Roofing Ltd [2011] EWHC 14 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 81 (Jan)
R (on the application of Coke-Wallis) v Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales [2011] UKSC 1, [2011] All ER (D) 120 (Jan)
Novasen SA v Alimenta SA [2011] All ER (D) 118 (Jan), [2011] EWHC 49 (Comm)
Expert witness immunity: will it stay or will it go? Isabel West reports
Never in legal history has so much happened between consecutive annual editions of Cook.
Success fees in jeopardy after Strasbourg ruling
JAC & the Law Society take action to encourage solicitor judges
Bats have lost out in a legal battle over a proposed roadway.
In Morge (FC) v Hampshire County Council [2011] UKSC 2, the Supreme Court considered the extent of the UK’s obligation under the Habitats Directive to prohibit “deliberate disturbance” of certain species of bats.
The ancient rule of champerty cannot derail a conditional fee agreement (CFA), the Court of Appeal has ruled in a landmark case.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
