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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7404

11 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Has Radmacher clarified the status of pre-nuptial agreements? Lisa Carkeek reports

Mark Sharpley suggests how to prevent fraudulent activity

NML Capital Ltd v Republic of Argentina [2010] EWCA Civ 41, [2010] All ER (D) 57 (Feb)

Fidler v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2010] EWHC 143 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 29 (Feb)

Tony Allen & Dr Karl Mackie question why Jackson LJ has shied away from formally endorsing mediation

R (on the application of Perinpanathan) v City of Westminster Magistrates Court and another [2010] EWCA Civ 40, [2010] All ER (D) 44 (Feb)

Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement, Anthony Radevsky & Damian Greenish

Increased family work has placed “great strains” on family judges, the lord chief justice, Lord Judge, has warned.

Legal aid management “far from competent”

Parliament urged to review “complex and obscure” provisions

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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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