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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7709

29 July 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Monster Energy Company v European Union Intellectual Property Office T-567/15, [2016] All ER (D) 68 (Jul)

Versloot Dredging BV and another v HDI Gerline Industrie Versicherung AG and others [2016] UKSC 45, [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Jul)

Juffali v Juffali [2016] EWHC 1684 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 86 (Jul)

Robert Spicer & Polly Lord issue a riposte to the legal industry’s current rush to IT

Southern Gas Networks plc v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2016] EWHC 1669 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 87 (Jul)

Willers v Joyce and another (in substitution for and in their capacity as executors of Albert Gubay (Deceased)) (No 1) [2016] UKSC 43, [2016] All ER (D) 97 (Jul)

R (on the application of FR (Albania) and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 605, [2016] All ER (D) 101 (Jul)

Is the doctrine of precedent the “unwavering” foundation of common law ask Stuart Pickford & Vivien Yip

James Goudkamp & Donal Nolan study contributory negligence in practice

LSLA president: lawyers must act to avoid potential damage

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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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