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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7414

21 April 2010
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The guideline hourly rates for solicitors have been increased on the basis of “insubstantial” evidence, according to a leading costs barrister.

Bressol and others v Gouvernement de la Communaute francaise Chaverot and others v Gouvernement de la Communaute francaise C-73/08, [2010] All ER (D) 48 (Apr)

Union of European Football Association and another v Euroview, [2010] All ER (D) 87 (Apr)

Jones v Environcom Ltd and another. MS PLC t/a Miles Smith Insurance Brokers, third party, [2010] EWHC 759 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 76 (Apr)

R (on the application of March) v Secretary of State for Health, [2010] EWHC 765 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 93 (Apr)

David Cameron describes the forthcoming election as: “The most important election for a generation.” But, how important is it for property professionals?

The Daily Mail was keen on Lord Judge’s Judicial Studies Board lecture. It linked his caution on the use of judgments of the Strasbourg European Court of Human Rights to David Cameron’s policies to strengthen British sovereignty. Lord Judge himself, though he uttered the usual judicial disclaimers (“political debate is not for a holder of judicial office”), can hardly have been surprised. He dealt with politically touchy matters—the role of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and that of the European Court of Justice. On the former, he entered the murky waters of the authority to be accorded by the domestic courts to judgments of the Strasbourg court.

Charles Pigott predicts more uncertainty for agency workers

Despite media hype courts are reluctant to extend the categories of liability to occupiers. Roddy Macleod explains why

Energy performance certificates—ignored or disregarded? asks Malcolm Dowden

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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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