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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7644

13 March 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith follows some figures of speech

Kate Molan & Lucy Cummin warn against increasing transparency in the family courts

Stephen Boyd tells a cautionary tale

Nicholas Griffin QC considers the future of the Goddard Inquiry into child sexual abuse

AFD Software Ltd v ZIP Address Ltd [2015] EWHC 453 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 30 (Mar)

Stevens v Equity Syndicate Management Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 93, [2015] All ER (D) 301 (Feb)

FSA Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-558/13, [2015] All ER (D) 40 (Mar)

R (on the application of Catt) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner; R (on the application of T) v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2015] UKSC 9, [2015] All ER (D) 31 (Mar)

Carlos Soto SAU and another v AP Møller-Maersk AS [2015] All ER (D) 28 (Mar), [2015] EWHC 458 (Comm)

R (on the application of Ben Hoare Bell Solicitors and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWHC 523 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 19 (Mar)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ken Fowlie, Stowe Family Law

NLJ Career Profile: Ken Fowlie, Stowe Family Law

Ken Fowlie, chairman of Stowe Family Law, reflects on more than 30 years in legal services after ‘falling into law’

Gardner Leader—Michelle Morgan & Catherine Morris

Gardner Leader—Michelle Morgan & Catherine Morris

Regional law firm expands employment team with partner and senior associate hires

Freeths—Carly Harwood & Tom Newton

Freeths—Carly Harwood & Tom Newton

Nottinghamtrusts, estates and tax team welcomes two senior associates

NEWS
Children can claim for ‘lost years’ damages in personal injury cases, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment
Holiday lets may promise easy returns, but restrictive covenants can swiftly scupper plans. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Francis of Serle Court recounts how covenants limiting use to a ‘private dwelling house’ or ‘private residence’ have repeatedly defeated short-term letting schemes
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already embedded in the civil courts, but regulation lags behind practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ben Roe of Baker McKenzie charts a landscape where AI assists with transcription, case management and document handling, yet raises acute concerns over evidence, advocacy and even judgment-writing
The cab-rank rule remains a bulwark of the rule of law, yet lawyers are increasingly judged by their clients’ causes. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, warns that conflating representation with endorsement is a ‘clear and present danger’
The Supreme Court has drawn a firm line under branding creativity in regulated markets. In Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB, it ruled that Oatly’s ‘post-milk generation’ trade mark unlawfully deployed a protected dairy designation. In NLJ this week, Asima Rana of DWF explains that the court prioritised ‘regulatory clarity over creative branding choices’, holding that ‘designation’ extends beyond product names to marketing slogans
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