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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7738

17 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Response from Shaun McNally CBE, chief executive, Legal Aid Agency

The Excalibur benchmark & lessons for funders in international arbitration, by James Clanchy

Axa Versicherung Ag v Arab Insurance Group [2017] EWCA Civ 96, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

Vivienne Westwood Ltd v Conduit Street Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 350 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)

Does the legal aid statutory charge apply to damages recovered by children & their parents under the Human Rights Act 1998, asks David Burrows

Tchenguiz and another v Grant Thornton UK LLP and others [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Mar)

Newell-Austin v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 43 (Mar)

Re EV (A Child); Re EV (A Child) (No 2) [2017] UKSC 15, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)

Andrew Young considers how gastric illness claims have been impacted by Wood v Tui UK Ltd

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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