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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7575

13 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins takes little solace from the government’s recent U-turn on legal aid reform

Transfer problems in professional indemnity insurance market

A NHS Trust v Dr A [2013] EWHC 2442 (COP), [2013] All ER (D) 07 (Sep)

Baker v Hallam Estates Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 2668 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 40 (Sep)

Coulson v Department for Work and Pensions UKEAT/0572/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Sep)

Standing charge falls over...

Boutique and US firms gaining market share

Rogers and another v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 21 (Sep)

Carr v Penman [2013] EWHC 2679 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 18 (Sep)

Could mis-selling in the derivatives market be the PPI equivalent for small businesses? Charles Lazarevic reports

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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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