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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7700

27 May 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Ministry of Defence v Iraqi Civilians [2016] UKSC 25, [2016] All ER (D) 88 (May)

At the boundaries of permissible & impermissible boundary determinations. Toby Boncey reports

R (on the application of Sky Blue Sports and Leisure Ltd and another) v Coventry City Council and others [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Local Authority X v HI and others [2016] EWHC 1123 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 131 (May)

Do law books make a lawyer, asks Keith Davies

University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 440, [2016] All ER (D) 104 (May)

Human Rights Watch Inc and others v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_165-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 105 (May)

Beth Holden reports on Purrunsing & the extent of a seller’s solicitor’s duty to the buyer in a property transaction

Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and another [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Do the government proposals for future-proofing the BBC lack vision? Athelstane Aamodt reviews the evidence

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Jonathan Askin

Hugh James—Jonathan Askin

London corporate and commercial team announces partner appointment

Michelman Robinson—Daniel Burbeary

Michelman Robinson—Daniel Burbeary

Firm names partner as London office managing partner

Kingsley Napley—Jonathan Grimes

Kingsley Napley—Jonathan Grimes

Firm appoints new head of criminal litigation team

NEWS
Personal injury lawyers have welcomed a government U-turn on a ‘substantial prejudice’ defence that risked enabling defendants in child sexual abuse civil cases to have proceedings against them dropped
Children can claim for ‘lost years’ damages in personal injury cases, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment
Holiday lets may promise easy returns, but restrictive covenants can swiftly scupper plans. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Francis of Serle Court recounts how covenants limiting use to a ‘private dwelling house’ or ‘private residence’ have repeatedly defeated short-term letting schemes
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already embedded in the civil courts, but regulation lags behind practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ben Roe of Baker McKenzie charts a landscape where AI assists with transcription, case management and document handling, yet raises acute concerns over evidence, advocacy and even judgment-writing
The cab-rank rule remains a bulwark of the rule of law, yet lawyers are increasingly judged by their clients’ causes. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, warns that conflating representation with endorsement is a ‘clear and present danger’
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