header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7464

05 May 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Michael Tringham reviews some recent court decisions at home & abroad

Adam Rosenthal examines the practicalities of waiving conditions in contracts for sale

Constitutional not financial imperatives should dictate the attitudes of judges in tax disputes, say Jonathan Levy & Daniel Hemming

Reversing the Hastings-Bass rule, by Lisa Carkeek

Williams and others v Redcard Ltd and others [2011] EWCA Civ 466, [2011] All ER (D) 214 (Apr)

Bond v Dunster Properties Ltd and others [2011] EWCA Civ 455, [2011] All ER (D) 248 (Apr)

Lawyers have spoken out against an attack by the Iraqi military on Camp Ashraf in Iraq last month.

The Public Law Project (PLP), has threatened to bring a legal challenge to the proposed reforms to judicial review costs.

Catholic Care, a Leeds-based adoption service and social care charity, has lost its appeal to the Charity Tribunal over its selection policy.

In-house lawyers are so overworked that they would sacrifice a fifth of their salary in exchange for a four-day working week.

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll