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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7618

08 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hester Jewitt examines government plans to crack down on the abuse of zero hours contracts

Simon Hills & Tom Metcalfe report on the implications of the new public procurement regime when setting up a mutual

Tamsin Cox provides an update on the vexed issue of serving effective break notices

Professor Cooke & Luke Campbell report on the forthcoming Law Commission project on the law of wills

Arbitration & the Jackson reforms—who learns from whom? David Bridge investigates

Peter Vaines on strict liability criminal offences from Mars, punitive penalties & disguised salaries

Re JXN (A Child) [2014] EWFC 17, [2014] All ER (D) 08 (Aug)

Browning v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1050, [2014] All ER (D) 04 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance S.A. (in Liquidation) v Sal Oppenhim jr. & cir. KGaA [2014] EWHC 2627 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)

Elsevier Ltd v Munro [2014] EWHC 2728 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Aug)

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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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