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Tim Smith illustrates the growing urgency for businesses to develop a plan in the event of cyber attacks

Stratos Gatzouris considers the implications of the forthcoming obligation on courts to strike out PI claims found to be fundamentally dishonest

Not everything foreseeable is likely...at home or abroad, as Mark Lee explains

How should local authorities respond to the compensation claims landscape, asks Carol Dalton

David Spencer & Alistair Kinley assess the government’s attempt to legislate for the fundamentally dishonest

Is there a claim for the vehicle’s diminution; if so, with what limits? Stewart Fairhurst reports

Assuranceforeningen Gard Gjensidig v The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund [2014] EWHC 3369 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 225 (Oct)

Eurokey Recycling Ltd v Giles Insurance Brokers [2014] EWHC 2989 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 92 (Sep)

Insurers in the motor insurance sector may be exerting an unconstitutional influence

Nicholas Bevan investigates a case exposing the UK’s failure to properly implement Community law minimum standards of compensatory protection

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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
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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