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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7525

31 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Re T (Children) [2012] UKSC 36, [2012] All ER (D) 254 (Jul)

Hewage v Grampian Health Board [2012] UKSC 37, [2012] All ER (D) 253 (Jul)

RT (Zimbabwe) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department; KM (Zimbabwe) (FC) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38, [2012] All ER (D) 251 (Jul)

Perry and others v Serious Organised Crime Agency; Perry and others No.2 v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2012] UKSC 35, [2012] All ER (D) 252 (Jul)

When attempting to control costs, communication is key says James Maton

Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls how law destroyed the slave trade

Court of Appeal provides early notice of April 2013 change

Supreme Court extends HJ (Iran) principle to political asylum seekers

Football team gain victory over West Yorkshire Police

Report on modernisation of family justice published

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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
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

An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ

Medical reporting organisation fees have become ‘the final battleground’ in modern costs litigation, says Kris Kilsby, costs lawyer at Peak Costs and council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers, in this week's NLJ
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