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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7777

19 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Will proposed offences in the Data Protection Bill make criminals of us all? Stewart Duffy investigates

Are unconventional methods of will making about to become our everyday reality? Monika Byrska considers the options

Geoffrey Bindman explains why deceiving the court is not a good idea

A recent decision on billing comes under fire for generating unacceptable confusion 

Nicholas Dobson explores the reasons why Wireless Festival 2016 was a lawfully held event

It’s been one problem after another so far, but Chris Owen remains optimistic about the future for collective redress

It’s a family affair: Constance McDonnell presents a review of key contentious probate cases

David Greene hopes David Gauke is allowed to stay in the role long enough to make a difference

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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