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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7830

01 March 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

If electronic data is stored overseas, how can an investigator compel its disclosure in the UK? The Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 now provides a new solution, as Andrew Smith explains

In the wake of the home secretary’s approval of revised rules on conferring by police officers in writing up their post-event accounts, David Wolchover & Anthony Heaton-Armstrong return to the issues at the heart of the debate

Unforeseen costs can be unavoidable, but amending a budget upwards is no easy task, as Patrick Allen & Riffat Yaqub explain

Law firms which subscribe to common misconceptions about the millennial generation are missing a trick, says Matthew Kay

Joanne Cracknell & Jonathan Angell discuss the best strategies for reducing risk in law firm acquisitions

Many a day in court is akin to a circus, & it’s up to the judge to be the ringmaster, says Dominic Regan

Employment lawyers warn of ‘significant impact’ of loss of EU guidance
Price transparency & DIY law services on the horizon
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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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