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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7517

06 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene warns of the danger of focusing on the cost of legal services

Deborah Evans questions the rationale behind the proposed portal extension

Rob Weir QC & Vijay Ganapathy examine a parent company’s liability to an employee of its subsidiary

David Regan takes the reins of the debate surrounding liability for horse-related injuries

Geraldine Morris advises a cautious approach to clean-break orders

They have just become more readily available. The High Court and county courts are now empowered to make a charging order without any default under an instalment judgment...

Khawar Qureshi QC highlights the key Arbitration Act 1996 decisions in 2011

R (on the application of KM) (by his mother and litigation friend) v Cambridgeshire County Council [2012] UKSC 23, [2012] All ER (D) 254 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Charman and another [2012] EWHC 1448 (Fam), [2012] All ER (D) 256 (May)

Disclosure control: are you ready for the big bang next year, asks HH Judge Simon Brown QC

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Commercial disputes practice bolstered by partner hire

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

London competition team expands with collective actions specialist hire

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Commercial dispute resolution team in London welcomes partner

NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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