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Kerry Underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Kerry Underwood recommends some summer reading & top tips for the new Lord Chancellor

A play by Kerry Underwood

Costs orders: who pays & when, asks Kerry Underwood

    Kerry Underwood examines qualified one-way costs shifting

    Kerry Underwood assesses guideline hourly rates

    Kerry Underwood discusses proportionality in costs

    Kerry Underwood concludes his 60th birthday tour with a master class on small claims, portals & Pt 36

    Why is everyone ignoring the obvious when it comes to ABSs? Kerry Underwood can’t hide his disbelief

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Birketts—trainee cohort

    Birketts—trainee cohort

    Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

    Keoghs—four appointments

    Keoghs—four appointments

    Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Brabners—Ben Lamb

    Brabners—Ben Lamb

    Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

    NEWS
    Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
    The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
    Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
    Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
    From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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