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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7754

13 July 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

RFC 2012 Plc (in liquidation) (formerly Rangers Football Club Plc) v Advocate General for Scotland [2017] UKSC 45, [2017] All ER (D) 19 (Jul)

Welch v Welch [2017] All ER (D) 27 (Jul), [2017] Lexis Citation 140

Re CB (International Relocation: Domestic Abuse: Child Arrangements) [2017] EWFC 39, [2017] All ER (D) 37 (Jul)

Gard and others v United Kingdom (App. No. 39793/17) [2017] ECHR 39793/17, [2017] All ER (D) 165 (Jun)

R (on the application of DS (through his mother and litigation friend SS)) v Wolverhampton City Council[2017] EWHC 1660 (Admin ), [2017] All ER (D) 30 (Jul)

R (on the application of AB (a child, by his Litigation Friend)) v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2017] EWHC 1694 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 5 (Jul)

Mahfouz and others v El-Rashid and others [2017] EWHC 1460 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 29 (Jul)

Ten common legal marketing pitfalls & how to avoid them. A masterclass by James Noble

Chris Ronan, chief executive at St John’s Buildings, shares some tips for setting a strategy for success

Today’s ‘Luddites’ need to find imaginative & effective solutions to opposing change, says Geoffrey Bindman

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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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