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What does the future hold for driverless cars? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Lucie Clinch, covers the Law Commissions’ report on automated vehicles, including issues of responsibility, liability, safety and data retention

Stuart Hardy, the new president of the Forum of Insurance Lawyers, shares his reflections & predictions on the effect of the pandemic, civil justice reform & Brexit

Climate change will present the greatest insurance risk in the year ahead, as the ‘Greta Thunberg effect’ creates a global conversation around its impact and the need to act, insurance firm Kennedys has said

For property solicitors, the intricacies of legal indemnity insurance ‘can often get lost in translation’, says legal indemnity executive and former underwriter Chloe Mulroy.

Tim Wallis introduces a new kid on the mediation block—the AFM Register of Mediators

As a result of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, there are new risks for directors and officers and their insurers. Jonathan Newbold & Marlene Henderson investigate.

Alison Padfield QC looks at cyber insurance in the light of the GDPR and asks: what is it, and who needs it?

Can litigation funding negate a security for costs application? Georgina Squire investigates

Dominic Regan reflects on the fall-out from changing funding from legal aid to a conditional fee agreement

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NLJ Career Profile: Ken Fowlie, Stowe Family Law

Ken Fowlie, chairman of Stowe Family Law, reflects on more than 30 years in legal services after ‘falling into law’

Gardner Leader—Michelle Morgan & Catherine Morris

Regional law firm expands employment team with partner and senior associate hires

Freeths—Carly Harwood & Tom Newton

Nottinghamtrusts, estates and tax team welcomes two senior associates

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‘Lost years’ precedent overturned

Children can claim for ‘lost years’ damages in personal injury cases, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment

NLJ this week: Neutral counsel in a polarised age

The cab-rank rule remains a bulwark of the rule of law, yet lawyers are increasingly judged by their clients’ causes. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, warns that conflating representation with endorsement is a ‘clear and present danger’

NLJ this week: Short lets & sharp covenants

Holiday lets may promise easy returns, but restrictive covenants can swiftly scupper plans. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Francis of Serle Court recounts how covenants limiting use to a ‘private dwelling house’ or ‘private residence’ have repeatedly defeated short-term letting schemes

NLJ this week: Justice at the algorithm’s edge

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already embedded in the civil courts, but regulation lags behind practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ben Roe of Baker McKenzie charts a landscape where AI assists with transcription, case management and document handling, yet raises acute concerns over evidence, advocacy and even judgment-writing

NLJ this week: When ‘milk’ really means milk

The Supreme Court has drawn a firm line under branding creativity in regulated markets. In Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB, it ruled that Oatly’s ‘post-milk generation’ trade mark unlawfully deployed a protected dairy designation. In NLJ this week, Asima Rana of DWF explains that the court prioritised ‘regulatory clarity over creative branding choices’, holding that ‘designation’ extends beyond product names to marketing slogans

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Insurance surgery

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ken Fowlie, Stowe Family Law

Gardner Leader—Michelle Morgan & Catherine Morris

Freeths—Carly Harwood & Tom Newton