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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7808

14 September 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan takes on the urgent task of updating some legal terms & shares some early examples

With adjudication remaining a common method for resolving construction disputes, Digby Hebbard takes a look at the plus points & potential pitfalls

Can defendants assert litigation privilege over documents created for proceedings they controlled, but were not party to? Richard Highley & Annabel Walker report

What the doctor said: Charles Foster looks at developments in patient autonomy & causation

Lee Henderson reflects on important differences between enforcement orders & enforcement by committal

Testing, testing, one two three: Ian Smith rounds up a trio of cases which could echo through the courts in the coming years

Does solicitor-facilitated investment fraud threaten to undermine confidence in the profession, asks Christopher Burt

Lord Chancellor promises review of a system no longer ‘fit for purpose’

Ministry of Justice downplays rumours of no-fault divorce reform

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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
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
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
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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