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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

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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