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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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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession

The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself

NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap

A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’

NLJ this week: Do Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor meet the misconduct bar?

Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle

NLJ this week: Finality trumps freedom in arbitration showdown

A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996

NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’? Juries split on proof threshold

For decades, juries have been told to convict only if they are ‘sure’ of guilt. But what does that mean in practice? Writing in NLJ this week, Michael Zander KC, NLJ columnist and emeritus professor at LSE, argues the answer is alarmingly unclear

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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield