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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7763

28 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education

With a further shift expected to the discount rate, Julian Chamberlayne questions how much under compensation is considered full compensation?

Should a week’s pay be calculated to include employer’s pension contributions, asks Charles Pigott

Rupert Reed QC puts the security of the landlord’s rights under the spotlight

A warning from Martin Mears that landlords are at risk from a pernicious & unjust rule concerning tenants’ deposits

Nicholas Roberts explores the practicalities of assigning responsibility for fire safety in long leasehold flats

This week, Dominic Regan addresses estimates & revisits the problem of incurred costs

CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish

Max Withington believes proposed model directions to be used in credit hire cases are on the right track

Rasul v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 357 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

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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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