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22 October 2010
Categories: Opinion , Podcasts / Webcasts , Legal News
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Spending cut newscast: Free to view now

Expert opinion on the Spending Review & its impact on civil, family & criminal justice...

NLJ & CL&J Spending Review Newscast
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http://www.lexisauditorium.com/theatre.aspx?c=759

The Spending Review & its impact on justice

NLJ online, in conjunction with CL&J, hosted a live discussion on how the government’s spending review will affect the legal world, those who work in it, and those who depend on it. How & when the axe will fall in civil, criminal & family law? How will the cuts affect access to justice?

  • David Greene, NLJ consultant editor & head of the litigation and dispute resolution team at Edwin Coe, chaired the free 30-minute newscast with;
  • John Cooper QC, consultant editor, Criminal Law & Justice Weekly & barrister, 25 Bedford Row; and
  • David Allison, chairman of Resolution & partner, Family Law in Partnership

 

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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’
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
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
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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