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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Anthony Gold Solicitors welcome Clifford Tibber who joins as a new partner in the commercial dispute resolution team.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has announced a new hire: IP Partner Clive Thorne, from Arnold & Porter

The lord chief justice has announced the appointment of Mrs Justice Gloster DBE as judge in charge of the commercial court.

The City Law School has agreed a new three-month international energy litigation internship with K&L Gates LLP.

The South Wales Trainee Solicitors Group Summer Ball took place in Cardiff this month.

Adedoyin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 773, [2010] All ER (D) 53 (Jul)

R (on the application of C) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2010] EWHC 1601 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 25 (Jul)

Angara Maritime Ltd v Oceanconnect UK Ltd and another [2010] EWHC 619 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 37 (Jul)

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1771)

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Contribution to Costs of Special Resolution Regime) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/Draft)

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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