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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7684

29 January 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

News Group Newspapers Ltd and others v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2015] UKIPTrib 14_176-H, [2016] All ER (D) 34 (Jan)

Roger Smith reports on the US legal aid situation

Developing a new skill set can give Chambers the edge in an increasingly competitive market, as Dr Marc K Peter explains

RMP Construction Services Ltd v Chalcroft Ltd [2015] EWHC 3737 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

Donald Lambert & Elisabeth Mason examine the implication of contract terms & apportionment of rent

Ranse Howell & Andy Rogers discuss the dark art of negotiation

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter bust some myths surrounding the Barbulescu case

Thomas Roe QC discusses dissenting judgments

Rosa v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 14, [2016] All ER (D) 86 (Jan)

Alpstream AG and others v PK Airfinance Sarl and another [2015] EWCA Civ 1318, [2016] All ER (D) 05 (Jan)

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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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