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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7519

20 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Threlfall v ECD Insight Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 1444, [2013] All ER (D) 195 (Nov)

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

Barbara Hewson considers the human rights surrounding home births

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden tackle contributions between co-respondents

David Burrows breaks the seal on Kim v Morris

Jonathan Aspinall juggles liability & apportionment

Tenant’s break options—what do you have to pay? By Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley-Gardener

Andrew Otchie discusses the technicalities & legal aspects of enforcing a judgment from a Commonwealth jurisdiction

Should mediators (& mediation) be trusted? Tony Allen reports

Louis Flannery exposes flaws in the Brussels Regulation

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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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