Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7724

Ali v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] UKSC 60, [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Nov)

Andrew Burns QC & Ishaani Shrivastava examine the implication & construction of contract terms following Marks & Spencer

Football Association Premier League Ltd v Luxton [2016] EWCA Civ 1097, [2016] All ER (D) 79 (Nov)

Star Polaris LLC v HHIC-Phil [2016] EWHC 2941 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 101 (Nov)

Rachel Spearing reports on “courting the blues” & the risks facing the current profession

R (on the application of Carmichael and another) (formerly known as MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions;R (on the application of Daly and others) (formerly known as MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2016] UKSC 58, [2016] All ER (D) 56 (Nov)

Re JS (Disposal of Body) [2016] EWHC 2859 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 100 (Nov)

R (on the application of National Aids Trust) v National Health Service Commissioning Board (NHS England) and another [2016] EWCA Civ 1100, [2016] All ER (D) 73 (Nov)

We have a duty to defend & debate judicial independence & the rule of law, as Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC explains