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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7435

29 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Spencer Keen provides an overview of the most significant provisions of the Equality Act 2010

HBJ Gateley Wareing welcomes Alan Shanks’s return to the UK

Hart Brown has appointed James Lamont as its latest partner.

Mogers Solicitors LLP is extending its business to provide legal services for expat clients.

Wedlake Bell LLP has recruited Edward Craft as partner, applying expertise in both the corporate and low carbon arenas.

The UK Register of Mediators (UKRM) welcomes mediator and chartered arbitrator, Michael Cover

The Indie had a go. Now it is the time of The Guardian. The temptation to knock The Times off its perch as the “must have” newspaper for any self-respecting lawyer is overwhelming.

Three major fault lines exposed in current system

The lord chief justice is to take over leadership of the tribunal’s judiciary.

Leases have moved on. It’s the market that needs to catch up, says Keeley Ellaway

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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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