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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7759

01 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Stevensdrake Ltd (trading as Stevensdrake Solicitors) v Hunt (Liquidator of Sunbow Ltd) [2017] EWCA Civ 1173, [2017] All ER (D) 34 (Aug)

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenny Bank and another v Pugachev and another [2017] EWHC 1761 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 49 (Aug)

Re Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 2031 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 44 (Aug)

Twaite v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKFTT 591 (TC), [2017] All ER (D) 39 (Aug)

Re X (A Child) (No 4) [2017] EWHC 2084 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 51 (Aug)

Officeserve Technologies Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) and another v Anthony-Mike [2017] EWHC 1920 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 37 (Aug)

Trustees of Morrison 2002 Maintenance Trust and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 300 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 65 (Aug)

Lord Reed’s masterly analysis in Unison is a triumph for access to justice. But what next, asks Geoffrey Bindman

Jonathan Wheeler on why strong people management skills bring business success

The silly (ice cream) season; Inside the judge’s notebook; and the 18-month trap.

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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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