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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7819

30 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A to Z of life in the costs lane

​Mark Whittell offers a novel solution to the stresses & strains of the boundary dispute

​Hannah Carroll considers the use of exclusive arbitration agreements in workplace disputes

Latest CPR update; family changes too; Costs Guide Revival; Fast then Small; Family Orders march on

Laura Martin recommends adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to occupational & industrial disease claims

Alec Samuels explores a defence that can reduce murder to manslaughter

David Burrows shines the spotlight on the latest developments in evidence & family law

​In the second part of this special series on road traffic accident reform, Nicholas Bevan reports on the difficulties of regulating highly & semi-automated vehicles

Peter Thompson QC reports from the front line on the challenges of litigating by proxy

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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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