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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7394

18 November 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Sam Cherry on the lessons to be learned from the Wallbanks

Are HIPs working for you? asks Andrew Stenning

Michael Zander reports on Scottish proposals for civil justice reform

Has the EU’s “carbon trading” market gone up in smoke? Hartley Foster investigates

Swear certificates, the court fee feeling, whoops, chequemate, long live rejection.

Claire Sanders looks at special guardianship orders four years on

Concurrent evidence: what’s the next step? asks David Dabbs

Axa Insurance Ltd v Akther & Darby Solicitors and others [2009] EWCA Civ 1166, [2009] All ER (D) 151 (Nov)

SG South Ltd v King’s Head Cirencester LLP and another [2009] EWHC 2645 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 120 (Nov)

Choudhury and others v Bhatter and others [2009] EWCA Civ 510, [2009] All ER (D) 131 (Nov)

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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
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
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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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