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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7718

14 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

P & P Property Ltd v Owen White & Catlin LLP and another [2016] EWHC 2276 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 15 (Oct)

Connaught Income Fund, Series 1 (in liquidation) v Hewetts Solicitors (a former firm) [2016] EWHC 2286 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Sep)

Abolishing renewal hearings may tackle the appeals backlog, but at what price? Richard Langley reports

Athelstane Aamodt examines the wonderfully British way in which an MP must leave Parliament

British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another [2016] EWCA Civ 983, [2016] All ER (D) 49 (Oct)

Middleton and another v Person Unknown or Persons Unknown [2016] EWHC 2354 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 85 (Sep)

The role of expert witness is less attractive as a result of recent litigation developments, says Mark Solon

Katrina Mather considers oral variations of licence

R (on the application of the Secretary of State) v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Norfolk [2016] EWHC 2279 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 02 (Oct)

Geraldine Morris considers when applications within financial remedy proceedings should be heard separately

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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