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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7480

07 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins anticipates the impact of legal aid reforms on family law

Christopher Stephens presents the case for solicitor judges

Jennifer Lee assesses the level of obligation owed by employers to former employees

John McMullen examines fairness in redundancy selection cases

Andrew Chesser explores the thorny issue of obtaining landlord’s consent

Angus Nurse welcomes proposals to reform the public services ombudsmen

Michael Tringham reports on a successful challenge

What tactics are available to defendants to challenge ATE premiums in legacy claims, asks Tina Campbell

Lisa Carkeek highlights the importance of will construction

James Arrowsmith surveys the costs landscape & the demise of Carver

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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