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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7270

26 April 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Paul Hewitt and Adam Cloherty report on recent cases involving forgery and stale claims on insolvent estates

In the first of two articles marking 10 years of the Arbitration Act 1996, Khawar Qureshi QC discusses some key cases

How is the ECJ tackling discrimination in domestic tax systems? Tim Crosley and Michael Walsh report

Should the UK be taxing aviation fuel, asks Katherine Dunseath and Richard Macrory

DTI gets egg on its face, The Gibbons review, What should replace abandoned statutory procedures?

Eskelinen and others v Finland (app no 63235/00), Evans v United Kingdom (app no 6339/05)

Vulnerable child witness, Unfit witnesses, Cross border regulators

Those brave enough to expose the state's dark underbelly should be celebrated, says Geoffrey Bindman

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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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