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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7321

15 May 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

L-J Patterson continues her series on unique women who have forged significant pathways through our legal landscape and turns the spotlight on Madeleine Heggs

Mediation: protection by privilege and confidentiality? by Tony Allen

The Burden sisters could not have won their case without unravelling some of the fundamentals of the tax system, says Julian Washington

Jennifer James turns the tables on her judicial colleagues…and exposes some idiosyncrasies of the system

News

News

Corr (Administratrix of Corr decd) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, [2008] All ER (D) 386 (Feb)

R v Lamaletie [2008] EWCA Crim 314, [2008] All ER (D) 425 (Feb)

Richards v National Probation Service [2007] All ER (D) 454 (Nov)

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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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