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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Ty Jones, head of values and corporate responsibility at national law firm, DWF, has been appointed to the disability employment engagement steering group...

Premier League television rights shaken by European Court of Justice ruling

Rise in qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims

Human rights lawyers have dismissed home secretary Theresa May’s proposal to reform the immigration rules as “unworkable”

Government guidance unlawfully condoned the practice of “hooding” foreign detainees, the High Court has ruled this week

Solicitors who “blow the whistle” on misconduct could be given more lenient sanctions, under Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) plans

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators provide results of five-continent study

New 532-page handbook launched online

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

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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
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

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

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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