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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7761

15 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Alex Hawley reflects on the rise in anti-austerity sentiment & the possible impact of the Unison judgment on civil court fees

Philip Evans QC & Tom Orpin-Massey cast an eye over the Gambling Commission’s new enforcement suite

Lawyers tell woeful tales about insurers unjustly prolonging litigation but experts can delay proceedings too, says David Locke

Peter Vaines discusses principles, stale discoveries & the downside of holiday property lets

JRM (by his father and litigation friend TRM) v King’s College Hospital Foundation Trust [2017] EWHC 1913 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 30 (Aug)

Re Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case AK) [2017] EWHC 1154 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 55 (Aug)

Frosdick v Fox and another [2017] EWHC 1737 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 35 (Aug)

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and another v Pugachev and others, [2017] EWHC 1936 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 41 (Aug)

Singh v Weayou [2017] EWHC 2102 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 63 (Aug)

Re LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 2032 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 45 (Aug)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

NEWS
The legal profession’s claim to be a ‘guardian of fairness’ is under scrutiny after stark findings on gender imbalance and opaque progression. Writing in NLJ this week, Joshua Purser of No5 Barristers’ Chambers and Govindi Deerasinghe of Global 50/50 warn that leadership remains dominated by a narrow elite, with men holding 71% of top court roles
A legal challenge to police disclosure rules has failed, reinforcing a push for transparency in policing. In NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth examines a case where the Metropolitan Police required officers to declare membership of groups like the Freemasons
Bereavement leave is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Writing in NLJ this week, Robert Hargreaves of York St John University explains how the Employment Rights Act 2025 introduces a day-one right to leave for a wider range of losses, alongside new provisions for pregnancy loss and bereaved partners
Courts are beginning to grapple with whether AI-generated material is legally privileged—and the answers are mixed. In this week's issue of NLJ, Stacie Bourton, Tom Whittaker & Beata Kolodziej of Burges Salmon examine US rulings showing how easily privilege can be lost
New guidance seeks to bring order to the growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) in expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Minesh Tanna and David Bridge of Simmons & Simmons set out a framework stressing ‘transparency’, ‘explainability’ and ‘reliability’
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