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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7783

02 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

While the courtroom is still the preserve of the human advocate, lawbots are shuffling into legal services elsewhere. Rupert Jones puts the market leaders to the test

Nicholas Dobson examines the scenario of unlawful prison for council tax default

Dominic Regan marks the end of an era & sets the record straight

Jonathan Cornthwaite navigates through the minefield that is copyright disputes

Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown discuss a range of child relocation options

It’s time for legal professionals to boost online collaboration if they are to see real productivity benefits, says Mike Sanders

David Willink reports on a short but interesting & not unimportant point on the law of limitation

Steven Davies reports on a new frontier in the ‘costs war’ & the threat of increased satellite litigation

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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