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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7598

14 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

PI lawyer says Montréal Convention on air travel is outdated

Marriage-lite or a new set of rights? Claire Clarke examines the legal options open for cohabitants

Anastasia Karseras illustrates the recent crackdown on fraudulent activity

 Are property sales and letting agents under scrutiny? Suzanne Rab & Andrew Francis say you can put your house on it

When will EU businesses be regarded as having “directed” their business activities to consumers in another member state, ask John Doherty & Charlotte Eccles

County court revolution & conciliate—or else

National Grid Electricity Transmission Plc v Arnold White Estates Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 216, [2014] All ER (D) 16 (Mar)

Magmatic Ltd v PMS International Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 181, [2014] All ER (D) 12 (Mar)

Samara v MBI & Partners UK Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 563 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 48 (Mar)

Financial Conduct Authority v Capital Alternatives Ltd and others [2014] All ER (D) 03 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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