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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7854

06 September 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

Laws governing the release of court material to non-parties in civil cases post Cape Intermediate are clear, but has the decision moved transparency laws forward for family proceedings? David Burrows reports

Who retains ownership of a private burial vault on church grounds? Charles Auld & Harrington examine a novel case

Claire Christopholus & David Locke provide an update on the assessment of hindsight in informed consent cases

Revisiting no order as to costs; summary assessment forms change; new appeal points; housing provider slips up; ECJ on flight compensation; bundle inheritance

Jill Nelson explains why modern pricing problems require a modern pricing solution

Geoffrey Bindman believes the Treason Act is an anomaly & of little relevance to life today

The court’s unpredictable approach means alternative resolution could be the logical choice, argue Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown

Fears of a no-deal Brexit mounted this week during a tumultuous session in Parliament. 
Michael Zander QC explains the current state of affairs playing out in Parliament
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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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