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NLJ200 Archive Civil way: 5 August 2022

05 August 2022 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7990 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Stephen Gold can’t get enough of the archives. This month he has had his nose in The Law Journal for 1925 and encounters much merriment at the Law Society & some hotel sheets

New management

By 1925 it was all happening over at 37 Essex Street. With the Law of Property Acts soon due to terrify the nation’s conveyancers, the editor cum proprietor wisely decided to get out, save for a seat on the board, and leave the fee simples to somebody else. Mr J M Lightwood was poached from the top job at the Solicitors Journal to become editor in chief of its competitor. He appears to have been the ‘JML’ hiding behind the weekly articles on the new legislation, the penance to which he subjected himself over the next twelve months. If there had been some conference organisers around willing to take over the Royal Albert Hall or a Lyons Corner House, they would have made a killing. As it was, the only educational advertisements carried by

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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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