header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7491

22 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Foggia - Sociedade Gestora de Participacoes Sociais SA v Secretario de Estado dos Assuntos Fiscais: C-126/10 [2011] All ER (D) 134 (Nov)

Standard Bank Plc v Bin Issa Al Jaber [2011] EWHC 2866 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 117 (Nov)

R (on the application of Green) v Gloucestershire County Council; R (on the application of Rowe and another) v Somerset County Council [2011] EWHC 2687 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 111 (Nov)

Manning and another v King’s College Hospital NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2954 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 97 (Nov)

JSC BTA Bank v Shalabayev and another [2011] EWHC 2915 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 94 (Nov)

Seven Licensing Company Sarl and another company v FFG-Platinum SA and other companies [2011] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 125 (Nov)

Chris Pamplin looks at the extent to which an expert witness’s evidence might be affected by
earlier exposure to information

Simon Love & Tom Hunter provide a practitioner’s guide to litigants in person

Dominic Regan is driven to distraction by famous delinquents

Ministry of Justice shake-up to broaden judicial pool

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
back-to-top-scroll