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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7639

06 February 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith reports on a busy start to 2015

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden discuss the challenges of managing employees’ social media activity

Camilla Fusco outlines the legal implications for new relationships after a divorce

Andrew Francis discusses right of light reform proposals

In the first article of a two-part series Simon Duncan reviews the legal basis for a bank to apply insolvency set-off

Calderbank offers & Pt 36 offers are examined by Chris Hoyer-Millar & Alex Fox

Changtel Solutions UK Ltd (formerly Enta Technologies Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 29, [2015] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)

McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2015] UKSC 1, [2015] All ER (D) 208 (Jan)

Regie communale autonome du stade Luc Varenne v Etat Belge C-55/14, [2015] All ER (D) 218 (Jan)

Global Food Defence Systems Ltd and another v Van Den Noort Innovations Bv and others [2015] EWHC 153 (IPEC), [2015] All ER (D) 237 (Jan)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cripps—Radius Law

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

Switalskis—Grimsby

Switalskis—Grimsby

Firm expands with new Grimsby office to serve North East Lincolnshire

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury

Property team boosted by two solicitor appointments

NEWS
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle
A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings
A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996
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