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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7665

14 August 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Are the courts returning to a more traditional approach to the construction of contracts, asks Benjamin Pilling QC

Reed Employment plc and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 805, [2015] All ER (D) 322 (Jul)

Dr Chris Pamplin looks at some common mathematical errors that have led courts astray, and how to avoid them

Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co KG v Mutual Benefits Assurance Company [2015] EWHC 2304 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 01 (Aug)

Richard Green examines the implications of low-level asbestos exposure cases for the legal profession

A Bill of Rights is not to be messed with: Michael Zander on the Tory plan to scrap the Human Rights Act

Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd; Lachaux v Evening Standard Ltd; Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 02 (Aug)

How can developers override private rights of light under s 237 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, ask Andrew Francis & Dilpreet K Dhanoa

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Chester office

Slater Heelis—Chester office

North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade

Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

NEWS
The House of Lords has set up a select committee to examine assisted dying, which will delay the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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