Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has hired three new partners. Rachael Spalton, Adam Walford and Simon Malkiel joined the firm on 1 May.
Part 2: Jon Robins continues his predictions on how deregulation will affect the legal services market
Could time be up for the Taplin test, asks Mark Benney
Will a Victorian statute prevent local councils selling off our museums & libraries to make ends meet? Paul Letman investigates
Christopher Stirling reports on setting aside dispositions to third parties in matrimonial proceedings
Boris Cetnik & Malcolm Keen reflect on the ramifications of Baker v Quantum
Andy Creer & John de Waal consider the effect of the decision in Murphy v Wyatt
Feed-in tariffs: thinking big, or redefining small, asks Malcolm Dowden
Mensch und Natur AG v Freistaat Bayern C-327/09, [2011] All ER (D) 23 (May)
Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2011] EWHC 1003 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 25 (May)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Forbes Solicitors—Stephen Barnfield
Regulatory team boosted by partner hire amid rising health and safety demand
Arc Pensions Law—Kris Weber
Legal director promoted to partner at specialist pensions firm
Clarke Willmott—Jonathan Cree
Residential development capability expands with partner hire in Birmingham
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
