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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7559

10 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Mark Whitcombe continues his examination of the approach to striking out

Claire Sanders examines the developing use of special guardianship orders

Paul Letman analyses a recent landmark decision on residential service charges

Latest in Jacksonland, flexi tenants and the possibility of advance rent protection

X County Council v a mother and others [2013] EWHC 953 (Fam)

Re CB (a child) (adoption proceedings: lack of care order) [2013] EWCA Civ 476, [2013] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Re C (a child) (adoption proceedings: change of circumstances) [2013] EWCA Civ 431, [2013] All ER (D) 235 (Apr)

Heron v TNT (UK) Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 469, [2013] All ER (D) 28 (May)

Vaughan v Lewisham Borough Council and others [2013] EWHC 795 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 226 (Apr)

Lane v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea [2013] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Commercial disputes practice bolstered by partner hire

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

London competition team expands with collective actions specialist hire

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams

Commercial dispute resolution team in London welcomes partner

NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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