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THIS ISSUE

Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7340

14 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Treharne v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] All ER (D) 120 (Sep)

Birch v University College Hospitals NHS Trust [2008] EWHC 2237, [2008] All ER (D) 113 (Sep)

Bennett v Governing Body of Pennoweth School [2008] All ER (D) 112 (Sep)

R (on the application of Limbu and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and others [2008] EWHC 2261 (Admin) [2008] All ER (D) 122 (Sep)

Yarl’s Wood Immigration Ltd and others v Bedfordshire Police Authority [2008] EWHC 2207 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 18 (Oct)

Zeynalov v BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd (EAT, 3 July 2008)

Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP [2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 116

Multiplex Constructions (UK) Ltd v Cleveland Bridge UK Ltd (No. 6) [2008] EWHC 2220 (TCC), [2008] All ER (D) 04 (Oct)

What's reasonable and what's best? By Sara Partington and Kirk Page

Janna Purdie considers how courts deal with the addition/substitution of parties after the expiry of limitation periods

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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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