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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7803

27 July 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Matthew Kay introduces the robot lawyers of the future & recommends making friends with AI

The first two cohorts of Justice First Fellows have now qualified. Fiona Bawdon looks at how are they faring

Professor Graham Zellick QC unravels the mysteries of parallel, non-optional & post-retirement titles

Quick, flexible and cost-effective: Masood Ahmed explains the Professional Negligence Adjudication Scheme

George Hepburne Scott reports on a sea-change in the approach to extraditions to France

Shane Crawford outlines how, in cases of harassment, the ‘related to’ consideration requires attention to the context in which the putative act occurred

John Gould offers some advice on how to strike a balance between clarity & flexibility in recent changes to the solicitors’ rule book

Sir Cliff’s victory will not end the tug of war between press freedom & the rights of individuals, says Athelstane Aamodt

Graham Massie charts the growth & success of mediation across the civil justice landscape

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

R3—Jodie Wildridge

Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire

NEWS

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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