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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7305

24 January 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Thompstone v Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust and other appeals [2008] EWCA Civ 5, [2006] All ER (D) 333 (Nov)

Science in the red zone, by Tom Magner

Profession

SICKNESS DISMISSAL DEVELOPMENTS
A CROSS-OVER WITH DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES AND EC LAW

John Holden highlights how advances in technology can help with workplace computer investigations

Crime Bill

Arguments in favour of legalised torture should not go unchallenged, say Philip Rumney and Martin O’Boyle

Health

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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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