Thobani v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] All ER (D) 12 (Dec)
R (on the application of Mayaya and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 3088 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 193 (Nov)
Revenue and Customs Commissioners v PA Holdings Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1414, [2011] All ER (D) 237 (Nov)
Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1412, [2011] All ER (D) 210 (Nov)
Deborah Blaxell & Chris Dale trace the path of data following the instruction of a software & services provider
JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWCA Civ 1386, [2011] All ER (D) 195 (Nov)
Dominic Regan examines the possibilities of reducing expert costs after Jackson
Early collaboration between experts & solicitors is welcome news, say James Stanbury & David Greene
The musings of an expert timber consultant...Jim Coulson branches out
James Wilson recalls the notorious case of Polanski v Conde Naste Publications
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—Nathan Evans
Commercial and technology team in Cambridgestrengthened by partner hire
Andrew & Andrew Solicitors—Shikha Datta
Hampshire firm appoints head of new family department
Latham & Watkins—Sarah Lightdale
Firm strengthens securities practice with partner return
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
