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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7575

13 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Kaley Crossthwaite advises how best to protect your firm against the threat of money laundering...& visits from the regulator

Stephen Mason & Nicholas Bohm take issue with the PIN requirements of Santander

Re J (A Child) (contra mundum injunction) [2013] EWHC 2694 (Fam), [2013] All ER (D) 45 (Sep)

Dominic Regan reflects on life's quirks in & out of the court room

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter revisit old ground: naming respondents in discrimination claims

Polly Dyer & HHJ Michael Hopmeier assess the role & impact of DPAs at home & abroad

Regents University v Regent’s University London [2013] EWPCC 39, [2013] All ER (D) 50 (Sep)

The City of London Law Society has slated the current professional regulatory system as “dysfunctional”, in its response to the Ministry of Justice’s review of legal regulation.

A website for consumers of legal services is to be launched in the autumn by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as part of a two-year “action plan”.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is to go ahead with its plans for a single fees and remissions system across the courts and tribunals.

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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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