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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7598

14 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 43 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 06 (Mar)

Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Cambridge v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKFTT 444 (TC), [2013] All ER (D) 52 (Sep)

As the risks of handling big data grow, information governance is an important legal & technical issue, say Mike Brown & Ramin Tabatabai

Keith Davies investigates the curious incident of the village green in a harbour

Leading PI campaigner says Untraced Drivers Agreement has major flaws

Committee urge government to set up a Central Inquiries Unit

Welcome reform to CPR for costs lawyers, chartered legal executives, patent attorneys & trade mark attorneys

ICS chair says amendments could have "catastrophic implications"

Why the UK is better off with unelected judges

Gloucestershire solicitor took nearly £2m from clients

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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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