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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

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

NEWS
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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