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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7671

09 October 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

OpenView Security Solutions Ltd v London Borough of Merton Council [2015] EWHC 2694 (TCC), [2015] All ER (D) 01 (Oct)

R (on the application of SF) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2705 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 03 (Oct)

Dunbar Assets plc v Butler [2015] EWHC 2546 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 138 (Sep)

Appleton v Gallagher [2015] EWHC 2689 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 131 (Sep)

Re NRA and others [2015] EWCOP 59, [2015] All ER (D) 122 (Sep)

R (on the application of Nour) v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 2695 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 128 (Sep)

Re: B (Child arrangements order re schooling) [2015] EWHC 2735 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 02 (Oct)

Dominic Regan conducts a costs poll around the country

Jeffrey T Shapiro examines what support is available to assist litigators to satisfy the increased focus on early settlement & costs control

Consumer law: back to school; assured shortholds: s 21 notice prescribed; £5K for bankruptcy.

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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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