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NLJ this week: Judge turns detective

13 November 2020
Issue: 7910 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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NLJ columnist DDJ Stephen Gold turns detective this week to uncover the going rates for silks, ex-judges and solicitors in the flourishing market of family law arbitration

Gold also covers recent cases and guidance on challenges to an arbitral award in a family case, in ‘Civil way’ this week, as well as the right to a fair trial, a test case regarding a council overcharging its tenants for their water, flexible tenancy and new regulations for owners of caravan sites―local authorities have been given additional powers to ensure owners are ‘fit and proper persons’ and have until July to establish a ‘fit and proper’ register.

Issue: 7910 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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