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Proposals to make mental health services more person-centred are highly welcome, but Keith Wilding fears they may founder without sufficient financial investment

One in four family lawyers is on the verge of quitting due to the pressure of work, according to a report on wellbeing in the profession.

The High Court has clarified that a test for capacity from an 1870 case remains good law, in a bitter wills dispute between two siblings.

Proposals to reform the Mental Health Act (MHA) make ‘arbitrary distinctions between patients who have capacity and those who lack capacity and those who are and are not in the criminal justice system’, the Law Society has warned.

Law firm Slater and Gordon has partnered with Hourglass, a charity that tackles the issue of abuse of older people, to provide financial and legal support.

The Commons Select Committee on Justice has launched an inquiry, Women in Prison.

A 31-year-old severely learning-disabled man can be given a COVID-19 vaccine against his father’s wishes, the Court of Protection has held in CR v SR [2021] EWCOP 19.

The complex and sensitive law on capacity to have sexual relations, is examined in NLJ this week by barrister Laura Davidson, No5 Chambers

Laura Davidson examines the law on capacity to have sexual relations

Laura Davidson discusses an urgent Court of Protection hearing held over Skype which demonstrates the powerful & competing rights & interests of care home residents lawfully deprived of their liberty during the coronavirus pandemic

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Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms

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

NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?

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

NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied

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

NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews

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

NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights

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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Mental health

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Keoghs—four appointments

Brabners—Ben Lamb