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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7384

10 September 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

To what extent are intellectual property rights matrimonial assets? asks Jane Foulser McFarlane

Does Brennan mark the end of the bonus culture in local authorities? asks Daphne Romney QC

Solicitors and other third party professionals have been implicated in a £41 million buy-to-let mortgage fraud.

Mike Pilgrem gets to the nub of disagreements between experts

Graham Smart on the pivotal role of loss adjusters in insurance related litigation

TM v London Borough of Hounslow [2009] EWCA Civ 859, [2009] All ER (D) 17 (Sep)

RCI Europe v Revenue and Customs Commissioners C-37/08 [2009] All ER (D) 25 (Sep)

R (on the application of Bary and another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2068 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 59 (Aug)

R (on the application of S) v A Social Security Commissioner [2009] EWHC 2221 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 16 (Sep)

Re Bluebrook Ltd and other companies [2009] EWHC 2114 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 101 (Aug)

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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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