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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7639

06 February 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith reports on a busy start to 2015

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden discuss the challenges of managing employees’ social media activity

Camilla Fusco outlines the legal implications for new relationships after a divorce

Andrew Francis discusses right of light reform proposals

In the first article of a two-part series Simon Duncan reviews the legal basis for a bank to apply insolvency set-off

Calderbank offers & Pt 36 offers are examined by Chris Hoyer-Millar & Alex Fox

Changtel Solutions UK Ltd (formerly Enta Technologies Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 29, [2015] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)

McGraddie v McGraddie and another [2015] UKSC 1, [2015] All ER (D) 208 (Jan)

Regie communale autonome du stade Luc Varenne v Etat Belge C-55/14, [2015] All ER (D) 218 (Jan)

Global Food Defence Systems Ltd and another v Van Den Noort Innovations Bv and others [2015] EWHC 153 (IPEC), [2015] All ER (D) 237 (Jan)

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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