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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7416

06 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

What are the implications for Google’s proposed online library? asks Jane Foulser McFarlane

Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 924 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 215 (Apr)

Onego Shipping and Chartering BV v JSC Arcadia Shipping, M/V ‘Socol 3’ [2010] EWHC 777 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 179 (Apr)

R (on the application of TG) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 204 (Apr)

Janna Purdie considers the courts’ support of the right to arbitrate

Early case assessment could take flight, says Costa Kypre

About 4,000 mainly female Birmingham City Council staff have won their equal pay claim.

The number of paralegals working in England has doubled in the last decade and is set to rise further, according to a government-sponsored think-tank.

Ruling suggests fairness is more important than secrecy

Indirect age discrimination does not occur where an employee’s promotion depends on their having a degree and they do not have time to obtain one before retirement.

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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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