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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7586

29 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE
Raid warrant case "disturbing"

Case provides "salutory warnings" for solicitors, police & circuit judges

28 November 2013
Unwarranted behaviour Premium Content

Are warrants worth the paper they’re written on, asks David Corker

28 November 2013 / David Corker
Family mediation falls out of favour

Only half of Resolution poll respondents would consider alternatives to litigation

28 November 2013
Uninsured firms

Deadline of 29 December to find insurance

28 November 2013
EU rulebook

New laws by EU at lowest level since 1979

28 November 2013
Christians lose appeal over hotel refusal

Supreme Court justices unanimously dismiss appeal

27 November 2013
"Plebgate" costs ruling published

Mitchell judge gives “clear message” on post-Jackson costs regime

27 November 2013
Maurice Cheng—ACL

First chief executive for Association of Costs Lawyers

26 November 2013
Challenging the new unfair dismissal cap

Judicial review proceedings are launched against cap

26 November 2013
"Judicial authority" extradition result in Bucnys

Supreme Court provides further clarification on extradition

22 November 2013
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: Tightening the screws on JCT terminations
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
NLJ this week: Old rules, fresh warnings in employment law
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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