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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7416

06 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWHC 865 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 196 (Apr)

“Nobody takes any notice of the Equal Pay Act”. That’s the resigned view of Sue, a 53-year old home care worker.

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des Offentlichen Rechts v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA and another [2010] EWCA Civ 390, [2010] All ER (D) 212 (Apr)

Football Dataco Ltd and others v Stan James (Abingdon) Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 841 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 157 (Apr)

The Chilcott inquiry has now heard its two star witnesses, the Prime Minister and his predecessors, though we have not been promised a report before the end of this year.

Nicholas Dobson examines an eternal well-spring of legal surprises

Alison Bull reports on the use of virtual signings & closings in the family courts

Alison Pickup analyses the changing nature of detaining foreign prisoners

Kenneth A Warner examines cases of unlawful encampments

Brent McDonald on public duties & private remedies

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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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