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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7382

12 August 2009
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The old saying that hard cases make bad law is one is not always true is a recent case in the Privy Council demonstrates in a laudable effort to do justice to a litigant in person the Privy Council (Lords Mance and Neuberger and Sir Jonathan Parker) appear to have extended the application of res ipsa loquitor.

Roger Smith looks across the Pond to consider gender & ethnic minorities

Business Environment Bow Lane v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2009] EWHC 2014 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 363

Clark and another v Lucas Solicitors LLP [2009] EWHC 1952 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Aug)

Clark and another v Lucas Solicitors LLP [2009] EWHC 1952 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 11 (Aug)

Alistair Kelman foresees that specialist IT knowledge will play a greater role in convictions

Sodastream Limited (in liquidation) v Coates and others [2009] EWHC 1936 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 22 (Aug)

Sadare v London Borough of Lambeth [2009] All ER (D) 28 (Aug)

Windglass Windows Ltd v Capital Skyline Construction Ltd and another [2009] EWHC 2022 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 17 (Aug)

An attempt to claim the government failed to implement its fuel poverty strategy has failed in the Court of Appeal.

Storage proposals fail to meet Convention requirements

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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