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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Challenging an arbitration award Premium Content

Janna Purdie considers the “substantial injustice” requirement for a successful challenge under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
 

08 January 2009
Benefits & ageism Premium Content

Ian Smith contemplates some murky borderlines

01 January 2009 / Ian Smith
Update from the courts Premium Content

How far should doctors go to inform patients about alternative procedures? Elizabeth Wale reports

01 January 2009 / Elizabeth Wale
Knights in the City

Honours

01 January 2009
Promoting equality Premium Content

Ulele Burnham examines how courts interpret positive equality obligations in public law

01 January 2009 / Ulele Burnham
News in brief

Musicians take note; Working time; Bar nursery

01 January 2009
Law reports: Will-Construction-Definition of "per stirpes" Premium Content

Sammut and others v Manzi Jnr and other (2008) ALL ER (D) 79 (Dec); Lord Phillips, Lord Hope, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell, 4 December 2008

01 January 2009
Taxing matters

Taxation

01 January 2009
Lawyers top league in bid for survival

Profession

01 January 2009
Avoiding a pyrrhic victory Premium Content

James Lewis & Kit Jarvis discuss recent case law on enforcement

01 January 2009 / Kit Jarvis / James Lewis
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Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

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Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

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Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms
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
NLJ this week: Presumption of capacity reaffirmed
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
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
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?
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
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