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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7576

20 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

John McMullen investigates the changing landscape of collective redundancy law

If someone fails to buy land by the agreed date, when can the other party terminate the contract? Daniel Gatty reports

Nicholas Dobson revisits the Highways Act regarding overlapping powers

How far will warring couples go to secure jurisdiction, asks Anna Heenan

Interfish Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKUT 0336 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 22 (Sep)

Czarnecki v Choice Textiles Ltd UKEAT/0331/12/GE, [2013] All ER (D) 77 (Sep)

Re A (children) (jurisdiction: return of child) [2013] UKSC 60, [2013] All ER (D) 66 (Sep)

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co (Europe) Ltd and another company v The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime [2013] EWHC 2734 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 96 (Sep)

Post-Mitchell, it’s time to take budgeting seriously, says Murray Heining

John O’Hare's 10-point guide to drafting a costs budget for the first CMC

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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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