Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7539

Louis Flannery analyses the latest saga in the oligarch wars taking place in the English courts

Charles Terence Estates Ltd v Cornwall Council [2012] EWCA Civ 1439, [2012] All ER (D) 147 (Nov)

Genesis Housing Association Ltd v Liberty Syndicate Management Ltd [2012] EWHC 3105 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 150 (Nov)

CN v United Kingdom (App No 4239/08) [2012] All ER (D) 181 (Nov)

Bieber and others v Teathers Ltd (in liquidation) [2012] EWCA Civ 1466, [2012] All ER (D) 164 (Nov)

Senior-Milne v Secretary of State for Justice [2012] EWHC 3062 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D)
173 (Nov)

Redfearn v United Kingdom (App No 47335/06) [2012] All ER (D) 112 (Nov)

Smith v Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWHC 3221 (Ch)

Chris Pamplin looks back at clinical negligence case law and finds a relaxation in the burden of proof

Hostility towards lawyers goes back a long way—we can’t blame Shakespeare. Geoffrey Bindman QC reports