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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7308

14 February 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2007 (SI 2007/3570)

R v Y [2008] EWCA Crim 10, [2008] All ER (D) 199 (Jan)

R (on the application of Walker) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (on the application of James) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 30, [2008] All ER (D) 15 (Feb)

Re Trinity Mirror Plc and others (A and B (Minors, acting by the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court) Intervening) [2008] EWCA Crim 50, [2008] All ER (D) 12 (Feb)

R v Yam [2008] All ER (D) 212 (Jan)

R (on the application of Torres) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2007] EWHC 3212 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 234 (Dec)

Paul Sharpe bemoans the lack of regulation in willwriting

Second home owners are not well served by capital gains tax legislation, says Michael Waterworth

Legal Aid

Are Criminal Records Bureau checks too onerous? asks Helen Hart

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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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