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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7606

16 May 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Mughal v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2014] EWHC 1371 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (May)

R (on the application of JF (by her litigation friend RW)) v NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group [2014] EWHC 1345 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 38 (May)

Assuranceforeningen Gard Gjensidig v The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1971 [2014] EWHC 1394 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 74 (May)

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 0200 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 51 (May)

Barnes (as former court appointed receiver) v The Eastenders Group and another [2014] UKSC 26, [2014] All ER (D) 63 (May)

Susan Dunn tracks the trends in litigation funding

Nigel Sanders provides an offshore perspective of litigation funding

Will the issues of e-cigarettes & plain packaging re-ignite tobacco litigation, asks Sarah Moore

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Calls for government to increase resources for SFO as white collar crime soars

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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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