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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7515

23 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Limited and another company [2012] EWHC 1189 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 97 (May)

Hughmans Solicitors v Central Stream Services Ltd (in Liquidation) and another [2012] EWHC 1222 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 102 (May)

Trillium (Nelson) Properties Ltd v Office Metro Ltd [2012] EWHC 1191 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 98 (May)

R (on the application of Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 91 (May)

Cameron and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012] EWHC 1174 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 79 (May)

Merck Canada Inc and another v Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc [2012] EWPCC 21, [2012] All ER (D) 85 (May)

Whiplash experts need more than ever to maintain their integrity or risk losing their career, reports Mark Solon

Do women make better mediators? Lucy Chakaodza reports

Adam Caplan continues his series on how to a grow a law firm

James Wilson reads between the lines of the Prince & the Chinese takeaway

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

NEWS
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
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
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
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
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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