The Supreme Court has delivered an important ruling on the dividing line between defined benefit and defined contribution occupational pension schemes
Lease guarantees left worthless by K/S Victoria Street case ruling
The High Court has found the Daily Mirror and The Sun newspapers guilty of contempt of court over articles concerning a suspect, Christopher Jefferies, arrested after the killing of Joanna Yeates
Employment equality regulations do not apply to arbitrators
The force was with the manufacturer of the original Star Wars stormtrooper helmets in a Supreme Court hearing on copyright last week
Two Davenport Lyons partners have been fined £20,000 for sending intimidating letters to people accused of illegal filesharing
A 36-page guide to reporting the family courts has been published by the president of the family division, Sir Nicholas Wall, the Judicial College and the Society of Editors
The Supreme Court has given veterans involved in British atomic bomb tests in the 1950s permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s judgment that nine of the ten test cases are time barred
Carey Olsen has appointed Michael McAuley as a new counsel to its litigation department in Guernsey.
Clifford Chance has recruited Monica Sah to join the firm’s financial regulatory and markets practice as a partner.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Stephen Ward, The Barrister Group
From mowing lawns to life at the Bar: Stephen Ward reflects on an unconventional career
Clarke Willmott—Ben Loosemore
Commercial property partner joins Clarke Willmott in Southampton
Ellisons—Robert Tiffen
Robert Tiffen joins Ellisons as Partner in growing Norwich office
Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.
