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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7628

31 October 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

What steps should you take if you have concerns about a party’s capacity to enter into a negotiated agreement, asks Elizabeth Carson

Mark Sefton discusses enfranchisement

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

Probate practitioners need a reality check, says Celia Fraser

The European Court of Justice has further narrowed the definition of personal data, says Peter Stevens

Francesca Kaye & Mary Hodgson discuss the important changes to capital gains tax and compensation payments

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Europe Ltd v BAE Systems (Al Diriyah C4I) Ltd [2014] EWHC 3148 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 66 (Oct)

Credit Suisse International v Stichting Vestia Groep [2014] EWHC 3103 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 58 (Oct)

Eyitene v Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council [2014] EWCA Civ 1243, [2014] All ER (D) 99 (Oct)

Fonderie 2A v Ministre de l’Économie et des Finances C-446/13, [2014] All ER (D) 28 (Oct)

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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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