Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7500

Abuja International Hotels Ltd v Meridien SAS [2012] EWHC 87 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 169 (Jan)

R (on the application of Newham London Borough Council) v Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2012] All ER (D) 184 (Jan)

GHLM Trading Ltd v Maroo and others [2012] EWHC 61 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 172 (Jan)

Coogan v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another; Phillips v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWCA Civ 48, [2012] All ER (D) 12 (Feb)

Natas Group Ltd v Styles & Wood Ltd [2011] EWHC 3464 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 185 (Jan)

Tony Allen uncovers new ways for lawyers to use a neutral mediator

Settling sports disputes by ADR is a winning formula, observes Ian Blackshaw

Writing from experience, William Gibson shares some merger lessons

MoJ: the maintenance of family relationships must be enshrined in law

Court of Appeal rules on employers liability for employee violence