Listen & learn, says Roger Smith, the judges are speaking
Stephen Levinson puts Vince Cable’s new regime for employment tribunals under the spotlight
Simon Cheetham wonders why tribunal recommendations are such a rare beast
Proceed with care. Siobhan Jones distils the lessons practitioners can take away from Kernott v Jones
Amy Taylor predicts the effect of the EC Maintenance Regulation on the courts in England & Wales
Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow count the costs of environmental JR
Karen O’Sullivan provides a crash course in the issues that arise around liability in road traffic litigation
Michael Cook examines the financial implications of litigants in person
R (on the application of Mousa) v Secretary of State for Defence and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1334, [2011] ALl ER (D) 160 (Nov)
Parbulk II A/S v Heritage Maritime Ltd SA [2011] EWHC 2917 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 155 (Nov)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
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
