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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7683

22 January 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

The Wynne-Jones partner relishes her new challenge as head of training

Ceri-Siân Williams & Steven Ford QC consider when strict liability will be imposed on an innocent defendant

R (on the application of Bonsall) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another; Jackson v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWCA Civ 1246, [2015] All ER (D) 91 (Dec)

Geoffrey Bindman reflects on historic racism in court

R (on the application of Nyoni) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2015] EWHC 3533 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 61 (Dec)

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider the risk to professionals of social media misuse

Rollinson v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council [2015] EWHC 3330 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 72 (Dec)

James Robottom examines the UK Bill of Rights process

The Supreme Court has taken a rare look at CPR, notes Dominic Regan

R (on the application of Kigen and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 1286, [2015] All ER (D) 132 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

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

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
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
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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