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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7577

27 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Mark Solon anticipates the shake-up for expert witnesses in family courts

Can the court override an expert determination decision, asks Chris Pamplin

"Every PI firm has some hard thinking to do, whether to stay but specialise and reorganise or get out"

New head of tax intelligence

New head of Sheffield office

New partners in Jersey office

Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council hold annual event

New corporate appointments for Blake Lapthorn

Dominic Regan considers the road ahead for whiplash claims

Tim Lawson-Cruttenden questions the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Bill

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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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