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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7497

17 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Avocet Industrial Estates LLP v Merol Ltd and another company [2011] EWHC 3422 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 20 (Jan)

Paratus AMC Ltd and another company v Countrywide Surveyors Ltd [2011] EWHC 3307 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 32 (Jan)

Omnipharm Ltd v Merial [2011] EWHC 3393 (Pat), [2012] All ER (D) 21 (Jan)

Javed v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] All ER (D) 37 (Jan)

Robert Brown provides a lesson on multi-lingual e-Discovery

Jane Ching & Natalie Byrom grapple with the present & future demands of legal services education

Peter Nussey explains how to help bridge the gap between training & work

Jonathan Fisher QC & Kate Balmer tackle mediation in larger scale tax cases

Peter Whitman highlights the attractions of mediation over contested dispute

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on the report of his old office junior

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires

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

Ellisons—Sarah Osborne

Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team

DWF—Chris Air

DWF—Chris Air

Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment

NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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