Deborah Blaxell shares the latest developments in e-disclosure
Has the partnership model had its day? David Greene reports
Roger Smith keeps tabs on the government’s equivocal approach to human rights
Ian Smith sweeps through a month of change, disputed rest breaks & contract setbacks
Could sale & rentback fix the mortgage arrears hole? David Cowan investigates
Rebecca Carlyon notes the intricacies of beneficial interest relating to a foreign divorce
Giles Murphy considers how the Legal Services Act will drive up competition & efficiency
Lucy Wyles provides an update on foreseeability & trial by ambush
Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 397 (Ch)
W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (Mar)
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
