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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7432

09 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The number of employment claims has increased by more than half during the recession, official figures show.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) and Wakefield Council are investing £3m over the next three years to establish the new Wakefield Community Legal Advice Service, which will open its doors on 1 October.

The Ministry of Justice has closed down its 200th rogue claims management firm since launching its claims management regulation unit in 2007.

In last week’s issue some wording was accidentally omitted from the article What lies beneath?, p 1175.

Gardner Leader LLP, has recruited its own in-house barrister, Clare Osborne who was called to the Bar in 1994 and undertook her pupillage at a barrister’s chambers in Manchester.

Gotelee & Goldsmith has expanded its senior team with the promotion of Jane Fowles and Emma Woollard to partners.

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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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