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05 March 2010
Issue: 7407 / Categories: Legal News
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Implementing Jackson

Lord Justice Jackson has agreed to oversee how his recommendations for overhauling the civil costs regime will be implemented and has been allocated half a day a week to do so. He will be supported by a judges committee, comprising the Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger, Moore-Bick LJ and Kay LJ, which is due to meet for the first time this week.

NLJ Jackson webcast on YouTube

NLJ’s costs webcast, a live panel discussion held after Jackson LJ’s press briefing to launch his final report on civil costs litigation, is available to view at www.youtube.com/user/LexisNexisUK#p/a/u/0/iGq-64sYRts. Dominic Regan chaired the discussion, which includes comments from His Honour Michael Cook, author of Cook on Costs; David Greene, NLJ consultant editor and president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association; and Bob Musgrove, chief executive of the Civil Justice Council.

Live audio CPD

Tough economic conditions and time restraints are increasing the legal appetite for distance learning, according to the SOLICITORS group. Adrian Dion, managing director of the SOLICITORS group says firms are attracted by the simplicity and costs savings of online training. “Although traditional face to face training is still popular, we are finding that in the last 12 months solicitors across the board, from the top 100 to niche High Street firms are embracing live audio CPD training.”

Issue: 7407 / Categories: Legal News
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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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