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Claire Sanders examines the principles of freezing orders in matrimonial proceedings as highlighted by ND v KP

Melanie Adams considers how to end an employee’s contract without telling him

Feed-in tariffs: thinking big, or redefining small, asks Malcolm Dowden

Reversing the Hastings-Bass rule, by Lisa Carkeek

Claire Sanders warns solicitors to comply with their client retainer or face the consequences

Donald Cran investigates the Protection of Freedoms Bill

Janna Purdie & Ruth Pratt look at “causes of action” & go back to basics

Court of Protection Rules—a new start, asks Malcolm Skinner

Joanna Bhatia reports on lost modern grant, not a lost modern remedy

Karen O’Sullivan investigates vicarious liability

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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
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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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