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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7460

07 April 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2011] EWHC 730 (Pat), [2011] All ER (D) 318 (Mar)

Football Dataco Ltd and other companies v Sportrader GmbH and another [2011] EWCA Civ 330, [2011] All ER (D) 322 (Mar)

Lawyers have a lot to learn from non legal, savvy professionals, says Allan Carton

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

The Tribunals Service is coping with the demands of an increased workload – despite increased demand

The new Family Procedure Rules 2010 came into force this week (6 April)

Law Society stats show there were 150,128 solicitors on the Roll at the end of last summer

BPP Law School’s Streetlaw Homeless programme carried off the prize for best team of students at this year’s LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards, held last week in the House of Commons.

Adult social care law is a complex and confusing area, and people struggle
to understand their basic legal rights.

Children can wait “well over a year” for the family justice system to determine their future, an independent review panel has found.

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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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