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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7458

24 March 2011
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In his article, (NLJ, 25 February 2011, p 269), Peter Thompson QC suggests that McKenzie Friends are in trouble...

The credit crunch has hit the farming industry as hard as any other sector and the industry’s financial recovery has been hampered by ever-more exacting banking requirements...

Parliament should tread carefully when considering calls to reform TUPE regulations, say Chris Bryden & Michael Salter

Robert Hines explores the thorny issue of pre-marital agreements & a foreign national’s right to apply for financial relief

Jon Holbrook considers recent case law on possession claims that could cause untold harm to social housing

Beware the consequences of ignoring capacity & unwittingly discriminating, says Richard Adkinson

Andrew Woods reports on the vexed issue of split premises

Tom Robinson & Conor Quigley QC provide a guide through the maze of competition & media plurality

Donald Cran investigates the Protection of Freedoms Bill

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

NLJ Career Profile: Nick McDonnell, Kain Knight

Nick McDonnell of Kain Knight reflects on an unexpected legal career, his drive to support vulnerable clients and the surprising pleasures of watching nothing happen

Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

Mayo Wynne Baxter—Angela Arnold

Mayo Wynne Baxter strengthens property team with new partner appointment

WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

WilmerHale—Jeremy Kosky & Charlie Lightfoot

WilmerHale expands London disputes capabilities with addition of two leading partners

NEWS
Lawyers have welcomed the Lord Chancellor’s reverse-ferret on jury reforms, but expressed ‘serious concerns’ about the decision to exclude fraud trials
From ‘rats in the robing room’ to ‘overworked’ judges and a shortage of court staff, barristers have aired their concerns about the state of the justice system
The use of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) poses ‘significant risks’ across the justice system, public services and government, and current regulation is ‘poorly suited’ to control it, experts have warned
The solicitors’ regulator has paused controversial plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
The government has launched a £16m legal support grant to support 48 frontline legal advice organisations supporting people facing eviction, problem debt, benefit disputes and family breakdown
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