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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8093

08 November 2024
IN THIS ISSUE
Pension pots, business assets and family farms have all been clobbered in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ inheritance tax grab
Representative actions have serious potential for multi-party claims in investor and securities issues, as Elaina Bailes, LSLA committee member and partner, Stewarts, and Tom Otter, senior associate, Stewarts, explain in this week’s NLJ 
The CICA has confirmed the availability of interim remedies in aid of foreign arbitrations. Gemma Bellfield, Joanne Collett, Corey Byrne & Kelvin Cheung explain the impact of the decision

Costs decisions don’t always play out as expected, as Sophie Houghton, professional support lawyer in the dispute resolution team at LexisPSL, writes in this week’s NLJ

In their first ‘Family law brief’, a regular NLJ quarterly update on judgments in the Family Court, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz, both senior associates at Stewarts Law, take a look at recent caselaw in four key areas—jurisdiction; publicity/privacy; the importance of financial dispute resolution hearings; and the treatment of private equity interests

Seven out of ten litigators (72%) say media scrutiny of courtroom proceedings has increased in the past decade, according to a report published this week, ‘Reputation in litigation’

Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers currently being held on the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago are to be allowed to transfer to the UK, following legal proceedings

Meta has failed in its attempt to stop a class action against it for allegedly abusing its dominant position by extracting commercially valuable data from users without offering payment

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) by solicitors is now universal, with almost all—96%—of 500 UK solicitors surveyed confirming their firm uses AI in their processes in some way
Lawyers have been asked for their views on third party funding for the next stage of the Civil Justice Council (CJC) review
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

NEWS
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever
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