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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7669

25 September 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Sally Nesbitt reports on holiday & sickness absence

Construction adjudication is to be introduced in Ireland, Paul Hughes explains

The Creative Foundation v Dreamland Leisure Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 2556 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 66 (Sep)

Speed up house-buying with the personal touch, says SearchFlow

Re Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Cases A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) [2015] EWHC 2602 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 57 (Sep)

Amy Proferes discusses establishing rights of way & determining their scope

Professional Standards Authority v Health and Care Professions Council and another [2015] EWHC 2420 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 358 (Jul)

H v Dent and others (Re an Application for Committal (No. 2: Costs)) [2015] EWHC 2228 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 93 (Sep)

Tech 21 UK Ltd v Logitech Europe SA [2015] EWHC 2614 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

R (on the application of Szrajner) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2529 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 306 (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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