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11 January 2012

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Tim Martin Interiors Ltd v Akin Gump LLP [2011] EWCA Civ 1574, [2012] All ER (D) 02 (Jan)

R (on the application of CJ) v Cardiff City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1590, [2011] All ER (D) 156 (Dec)

Solomon v Cromwell Group plc; Oliver v Doughty [2011] EWCA Civ 1584, [2011] All ER (D) 148 (Dec)

Hutcheson (formerly known as WER) v Popdog Ltd (formerly known as REW) [2011] EWCA Civ 1580, [2011] All ER (D) 178 (Dec)

Spaceright Europe Ltd v Baillavoine and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1565, [2011] All ER (D) 106 (Dec)

London Underground Ltd v Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen [2011] EWHC 3506 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 200 (Dec)

James Wilson on Ian Botham & Allan Lamb’s ill-fated libel trial

Jonathan Sumption QC has been sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court, joining ten of the most senior judges in the UK after a brief ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

TPP Law has appointed employment law specialist, Gemma Brown.

The Commerce and Industry Group (C&I Group) has announced that Nina Barakzai is the new chair of the group.

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Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

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NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

NLJ this week: How not to plead a schedule of loss

A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever

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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7496

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

HFW—Guy Marrison