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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7561

24 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

The law in relation to secondary psychiatric injury is almost universally accepted to be a mess, says Keith Patten

Solicitors must take care when handling client accounts, warns Simon Love

When is a tenancy deposit not a tenancy deposit? Mathew McDermott reports on Johnson v Old

Peter Vaines ponders the intelligent businessman & pesky postal services

Wyatt v Vince [2013] EWCA Civ 495, [2013] All ER (D) 96 (May)

Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot Russian Airlines” v Berezovsky and others [2013] EWHC 1210 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 158 (May)

RC Brewery Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] EWHC 1184 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 130 (May)

Dhunna v Creditsights Ltd UKEAT/0246/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 133 (May)

R (on the application of Barclay and another) v Secretary of State for Justice and others [2013] EWHC 1183 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 123 (May)

Darbyshire v Turpin and another [2013] EWHC 954 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 161 (May)

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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
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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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