header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7647

03 April 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Montgomery is the belated obituary, not the death knell, of medical paternalism, says Charles Foster

Employment tribunal limits up; Latest credit hire ruling; Pleading diarrhoea; New CoP rules & CPR latest update

Re S (Children) (Care proceedings: Proper evidence for placement order) [2015] UKSC 20, [2015] All ER (D) 264 (Mar)

Andrew Francis considers how to prevent the acquisition of a right of light

Chapman v Simon is alive and kicking after 20 years, says Ryan Clement

Tallinna Ettevõtlusamet v Statoil Fuel & Retail Eesti AS C-553/13, [2015] All ER (D) 207 (Mar)

R (on the application of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWCA Civ 230, [2015] All ER (D) 263 (Mar)

Otuo v The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Britain [2015] EWHC 509 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 221 (Mar)

Boreh v Republic of Djibouti and others [2015] EWHC 769 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 248 (Mar)

Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 198 (Mar)

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll