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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7784

09 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

David Bloom considers UWOs—the newest enforcement measure introduced to tackle money laundering & economic crime

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A-Z guide to the future of law

Gerard Forlin QC charts the progress of Maxwell Chambers’ expansion in Singapore & highlights the many virtues of the island city-state

Valid arbitral awards can withstand untimely collateral attacks, as Andreas Dracoulis & Matthew Turner demonstrate

David Cooper fires a warning shot: get the retainer right first time & watch out for the mule

Dog evicted; accountant bashing; employment compensation up.

Music, law & plagiarism. Simon Anderson & Guy Osborn explain why copyright compromises could promote harmony in the music industry

At last! Ian Smith brings clarity & some common sense to working hours, terms & divisions

Judges have a vital role in reform, but should they be the final arbiter? David Greene reviews the evidence

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment

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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