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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7572

09 August 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Teal Assurance Co Ltd v WR Berkley Insurance (Europe) Ltd and another company [2013] UKSC 57, [2013] All ER (D) 387 (Jul)
 

The courts have performed some important employment work recently, notes Ian Smith

 Jonathan Herring explains how divorce settlements can be unequal but fair

Who bears the risk for a working prisoner’s negligence? Robert O’Leary reports

Jag-Preet Kaur & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Michael Tringham recalls tales of heir-hunting

Andrew Otchie reflects on the approach to granting an anti-anti suit injunction

McCaughey and others v United Kingdom (App no 43098/09) [2013] ECHR 43098/09, [2013] All ER (D) 260 (Jul)

Tchenguiz and another v Director of the Serious Fraud Office and others and other cases [2013] EWHC 2297 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 357 (Jul)

Jones v Governing Body of Story Wood School and Children’s Centre UKEAT/0522/12/JOJ, [2013] All ER (D) 334 (Jul)

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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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