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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
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Witney Town Council v Beam Construction (Cheltenham) Ltd [2011] EWHC 2332 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 141 (Sep)

Re M [2011] EWHC 2443 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 142 (Sep)

Bodey v Hall [2011] EWHC 2162 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 149 (Sep)

British Arab Commercial Bank Plc and others v Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi and Brothers Company and others [2011] EWHC 2444 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 147 (Sep)

Bah v United Kingdom (App No 56328/07) [2011] ECHR 1448, [2011] All ER (D) 134 (Sep)

P.T. Buana Samudra Pratama v Marine Mutual Insurance Association (NZ) Ltd [2011] EWHC 2413 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 146 (Sep)

Dr David Hewitt is a highly respected and prolific writer on mental health, incapacity, and related law.

The lord chief justice has announced the appointment of Mr Justice Langstaff as the president of the Employment Appeal Tribunal, with effect from 1 January 2012.

Eversheds has appointed Greg Brandman, a manager in the Financial Service Authority’s (FSA’s) enforcement and financial crime division, as a partner.

Halebury has grown its team of specialist lawyers with the appointment of two senior legal practitioners.

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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
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
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
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