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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7420

03 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Depfa Bank plc v Provincia di Pisa; Dexia Crediop SpA v Provincia di Pisa [2010] EWHC 1148 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 231 (May)

OB (by his mother and litigation friend) v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23, [2010] All ER (D) 242 (May)

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 267 (May)

AT (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; JK (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 567, [2010] All ER (D) 233 (May)

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571, [2010] All ER (D) 247 (May)

Offshore law firms Mourant and Ozannes have merged to create Mourant Ozannes.

Jonathan Poole has joined Temple Bright.

Sana Bibi and Timothy Wait have been made partners at Anthony Gold.

Eversheds has appointed five new partners in global operations.

Is this the beginning of the end of law as we know it? asks Ian Jones

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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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