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Subject: LOVE THE NEW NLJ WEBSITE!

20 February 2020
Issue: 7875 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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All good things come to an end…even our much visited and well loved (old) website, but all the best bits have been kept and all the content loaded onto a fresher lighter site!

We are easier to find, easier to search and rising up the Google rankings. The result? A better, more welcoming site for all our subscribers, authors, advertisers and suppliers, as well as new and occasional visitors.

Take a look and use our speedy search tool to track back through 20,500+ specialist articles, comments, profession updates as well as law reports & digests, news updates and super mover & shaker announcements.

NLJ subscribers are entitled to unrestricted access to newlawjournal.co.uk, the best place for keeping up-to-date with key changes and debate across litigation and DR.

To confirm your login details, please contact additionalusers@lexisnexis.co.uk. If you are not a subscriber please email rakhee.patel@lexisnexis.co.uk for details.

To mark the new site we are featuring a Legally Green digital only supplement showcasing some of the small steps lawyers can take to make a big difference and why there may be some reasons for optimism on climate change. Free to download on our home page at www.newlawjournal.co.uk

Issue: 7875 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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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