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Weekly law digests

14 March 2019
Issue: 7832 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Venables and another v News Group Papers Ltd and others [2019] EWHC 494 (Fam), [2019] All ER (D) 22 (Mar)

The relatives of a child (JB) who had been tortured and murdered in 1993 unsuccessfully applied to vary or discharge an injunction (as amended), so as to permit the reporting of the charges and conviction of one of the persons convicted of JB’s murder, namely the person formally known as ‘Jon Venables’. The Family Division, in dismissing the application, held that the case for varying the injunction had simply not been made out on the facts.

Elections

R (on the application of Wilson and others) v Prime Minister [2019] EWCA Civ 304, [2019] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)

The claimants were refused permission to seek judicial review of the respondent prime minister’s notification to the EU of the UK’s intention to withdraw. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, rejected arguments that the decision to notify and the notification itself had been unlawful because they had been based upon the result of a referendum

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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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