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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7656

12 June 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Skype Ultd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-184/13, [2015] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Or at least the so-called “illegality defence” will not protect rogue directors, explains Richard Highley

Littlewoods Retail Ltd and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 515, [2015] All ER (D) 225 (May)

Can the UK force its modern-day “colonies” to introduce registers of beneficial ownership, asks James Brockhurst

Could conservation wishes change property law, asks Brie Stevens-Hoare QC

Minder Music Ltd and another v Sharples [2015] EWHC 1454 (IPEC), [2015] All ER (D) 05 (Jun)

There is much in the coming parliamentary programme to trouble civil liberties-minded lawyers, says Jon Robins

Hester Jewitt considers the impact of the election on employment law

Warner-Lambert Company, LLC v Actavis Group PTC EHF and others [2015] EWCA Civ 556, [2015] All ER (D) 231 (May)

OPO (A Child by BHM his litigation friend) v MLA and another [2014] EWHC 2468 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Jun)

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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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