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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7818

23 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

It’s time to come clean about miscarriages of justice & mistakes denied, says Jon Robins

​In the face of ongoing uncertainty, Julian Acratopulo asks: is the pre-eminence of the London courts being disrupted?

​Professor Graham Zellick QC considers the use of the designation QC by judges

​Is it time for a specialist IT court to tackle torts committed online? John Tanburn weighs up the evidence

​How essential is the defendant’s attendance at a hearing? Adrian Lower dissects the evidence

Charles Pigott reports on the ongoing quest for precision in vicarious liability cases post-Mohamud v Morrison Supermarkets

Whether or not the latest Withdrawal Agreement succeeds, Brexit is still likely to launch a thousand writs, says David Greene

Caroline East & Ellie Hampson-Jones explain why couples who wed abroad may be caught off guard by our matrimonial property laws

Andrew Walker QC shares his reflections on a year in office & looks ahead

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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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