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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7617

01 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Lord Dyson sends CJC costs committee back to drawing board

Three recent stories underline the meaning of the rule of law in modern constitutions & politics, says Roger Smith

The elements of harassment have been re-emphasised, observes Mark Whitcombe

The Assisted Dying Bill as currently drafted is highly unsatisfactory & in need of significant amendments, say Khawar Qureshi QC & Catriona Nicol

A recent case sends a warning to any parent who suspects the other of sexual abuse, as Jonathan Herring reports

Robert Kay examines the approach to multi-tiered dispute resolution clauses

Crawford v Jenkins [2014] EWCA Civ 1035, [2014] All ER (D) 241 (Jul)

Coventry and others v Lawrence and another (No 2) [2014] UKSC 46, [2014] All ER (D) 226 (Jul)

Enterprise Holdings Inc v Europcar Group Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2498 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 246 (Jul)

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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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