Ian Smith returns from the summer break to swot up on the latest employment decisions
Kim Beatson & Lehna Hewitt track the latest developments surrounding wasted costs orders in family proceedings
The Makro case throws a business rates loophole wide open, says Aidan Briggs
The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns
Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update
Roderick Ramage describes a radical shift in the law on bankruptcy
Unless you are only just back from Mars or Stratford, you will be aware that general damages in personal injury tort cases are rising by 10% with effect from 1 April 2013
French v Carter Lemon Camerons LLP [2012] EWCA Civ 1180, [2012] All ER (D) 14 (Sep)
McClaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] EWHC 2466 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Sep)
Expect piggyback litigation in the wake of regulatory intervention warn John Bramhall & Eleanor Mumford-Smith
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
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
