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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7770

16 November 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Weekly law digests

Alec Samuels addresses an irresponsible minority & lays down the law for safer pavements

Trivial, serious or significant? Francis Kendall reviews recent excuses for breaches & shares the consequences

Nicholas Dobson discusses the doctrine of vicarious liability & lessons from Armes

In the second of a series of articles, David Burrows explores the complex law which confronts cohabiting couples who separate

Julian Chamberlayne returns to question evidential lacunas & partisan conclusions

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason return with an update on family rifts, mistakes & undue influence

Corporate facilitation of tax evasion: the new frontier. The second & final part of an exclusive analysis by QEB Hollis Whiteman Chambers

The Government should heed calls to make legal aid available for bereaved families at inquests, says Jon Robins

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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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