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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7622

19 September 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Where should the victims of the Rotherham abuse scandal seek compensation, asks Richard Scorer

How can you protect shares in a family business on divorce, asks Anna Heenan

Donald Lambert discusses not just any break clause, but an M&S break clause

Re ED (A Child) (Jurisdiction: parental responsibility) [2014] EWHC 2731 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 50 (Aug)

William McCormick QC & Faisel Sadiq report on Patel v Mirza & the dangers of relying on illegal contracts

Lim (an infant) v Walia [2014] EWCA Civ 1076, [2014] All ER (D) 55 (Aug)

Amlin Corporate Member Ltd and others v Oriental Assurance Corporation [2014] EWCA Civ 1135, [2014] All ER (D) 54 (Aug)

Re X and others (deprivation of liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25, [2014] All ER (D) 43 (Aug)

William Mark Corporation v Gift House International Ltd [2014] EWHC 2845 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 127 (Aug)

Baturina v Chistyakov [2014] EWCA Civ 1134, [2014] All ER (D) 38 (Aug)

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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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