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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7445

08 December 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has just completed the first ever analysis of the appointment of solicitors to judicial roles.

Television courtroom broadcasting remains controversial...

Bribery is rumoured to be rife in sport...

Susan Nash reflects on the significance
of recent human rights judgments

In the first of two articles, Jane Mayfield considers the rationale behind the IoD’s new corporate governance framework

Feast or famine: Another Good Harvest? Siobhan Jones reports

Dominic Regan assesses the Birmingham costs management pilot scheme

Theo Huckle reports on industrial diseases & employer liability

What hope for outcomes focused regulation? Michael Garson reports

Keith Patten applauds the courts’ efforts to uphold Parliament’s intention for s 33

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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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