Does the government’s new schedule for legal aid reform provide hope or just delay? Carol Storer reports
Voluntary legal advice providers will bear the brunt of funding cuts, says Jon Robins
Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”
Ian Smith pays homage to the Law of Sod
Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt review the court’s approach to asset sharing & brief encounters
Injured claimants should not be subsidising the insurance industry, says Karl Tonks
John Summers & Elizabeth Fitzgerald examine two recent judgments that challenge long-established property law rules
Justice v security: has the government got the balance right? Victoria Oakes & Alex Odell review the evidence
Is state immunity a “get out of jail” card for sovereign debtors, asks George Walton
Withers LLP v Langbar International Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1419, [2011] All ER (D) 22 (Dec)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Winckworth Sherwood—Charlotte Coleman & Qaisar Sheikh
Two promoted to partner in property litigation and education teams
Dorsey & Whitney LLP—Peter Knust
Cross-border finance and restructuring specialist joins as of counsel in London
Powell Gilbert—Callum Beamish-Lacey
IP firm promotes litigator to partnership
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
