Kosar v Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax [2011] EWHC 1050 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 08 (May)
A&E Television Networks LLC and another company v Discovery Communications Europe Ltd [2011] EWHC 1038 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 34 (May)
De Belin v Eversheds Legal Services Ltd (2011) UKEAT/0352/10/JOJ, [2011] All ER (D) 16 (May)
Lanes Group plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2011] EWHC 1035 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 10 (May)
Insolvency deposits go up by 16.5% for petitions presented after 31 May 2011 (Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1167))—£700 instead of £600 on a creditor’s bankruptcy petition, £525 as against £450 on a debtor’s bankruptcy petition and £1,165 in place of £1,000 on a wind up.
Tracey Stretton offers some strategies for avoiding & managing regulatory violations
James Farrell & Trevor Davies put international document retention procedures under the spotlight
Jennifer James questions the principles of the ubiquitous super-injunction
John Bramhall explores recent trends in investor claims against banks
Simmons & Simmons has promoted 13 to its partnership.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross
Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.
DWF—Stephen Webb
Partner and head of national planning team appointed
mfg Solicitors—Nick Little
Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire
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
