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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7349

11 December 2008
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Law in 101 words

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

11 December 2008 / Roderick Ramage
Update from the courts Premium Content

Elizabeth Wale reports on high-risk sports and contributory negligence

11 December 2008 / Elizabeth Wale
Disputed treasure Premium Content

Ben Daniels & Betul Milliner on rare disputes concerning payment of debt by a third party

11 December 2008 / Betul Milliner / Ben Daniels
Company law

Four Private Investment Funds v Lomas [2008] EWHC 2869 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 237 (Nov)

11 December 2008
Bad behaviour Premium Content

Injunction or ASBO? A council’s dilemma, by Nicholas Dobson

11 December 2008 / Nicholas Dobson
House of Lords rule on “hope value” in house claims

Tenants protected against “hope value” in house claims and lease extension claims

11 December 2008
Court of Appeal slams lower court for failing to control small claim Premium Content

Amanda Wadey looks at how a £2,000 claim ended up costing £100,000

11 December 2008
Keeping it in the family Premium Content

Will the credit crunch tempt more litigants to adopt a McKenzie friend? ask Ann Northover & Nicola Fisher

 

11 December 2008 / Ann Northover / Nicola Fisher
Civil way FEATURED THIS WEEK Premium Content

Stephen Gold is a district judge

Activities—but how active?

11 December 2008
Mistaken protocol

Procedure

11 December 2008
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‘Lost years’ precedent overturned
Children can claim for ‘lost years’ damages in personal injury cases, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark judgment
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The cab-rank rule remains a bulwark of the rule of law, yet lawyers are increasingly judged by their clients’ causes. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, warns that conflating representation with endorsement is a ‘clear and present danger’
NLJ this week: Short lets & sharp covenants
Holiday lets may promise easy returns, but restrictive covenants can swiftly scupper plans. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Francis of Serle Court recounts how covenants limiting use to a ‘private dwelling house’ or ‘private residence’ have repeatedly defeated short-term letting schemes
NLJ this week: Justice at the algorithm’s edge
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already embedded in the civil courts, but regulation lags behind practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Ben Roe of Baker McKenzie charts a landscape where AI assists with transcription, case management and document handling, yet raises acute concerns over evidence, advocacy and even judgment-writing
NLJ this week: When ‘milk’ really means milk
The Supreme Court has drawn a firm line under branding creativity in regulated markets. In Dairy UK Ltd v Oatly AB, it ruled that Oatly’s ‘post-milk generation’ trade mark unlawfully deployed a protected dairy designation. In NLJ this week, Asima Rana of DWF explains that the court prioritised ‘regulatory clarity over creative branding choices’, holding that ‘designation’ extends beyond product names to marketing slogans
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