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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7604

02 May 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

"Fault lines" identified in war against banks

Roger Smith looks at three issues that expose inconsistencies by the Lord Chancellor

Just how easy is it in practice to apply the principle of compensation, asks Ed Heaton

Sarah Crowther examines practical guidance for assessing PI damages under a foreign law

The decision in Coventry v Lawrence cannot be ignored, says Andrew Francis

The Court of Appeal has provided important authority on the scope of litigation privilege, says Leonie Parkin

 

Robert Postlethwaite looks at alternatives to traditional partnership & LLP ownership

 

Ashworth and others v Royal National Theatre [2014] EWHC 1176 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 171 (Apr)

"Dementia law therefore continues to be in a state of flux but this book provides an authoritative overview of the current state of play"

"This edition should have a place in every practitioner’s library"

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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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