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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7485

12 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Tracey Stretton & Mark Surguy predict that change is in the air for litigation costs

Caroline Kehoe deciphers the meaning of “reasonable endeavours” & “good faith”

Football Association Premier League Ltd and others v QC Leisure and others: C-403/08 and C-429/08, [2011] All ER (D) 26 (Oct)

LG v DK [2011] EWHC 2453 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)

BD Shipsnavo GmbH & Co Reederei KG v African Fertilizers and Chemicals NIG Ltd (Nigeria) [2011] EWHC 2452 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 03 (Oct)

Ambrose v Harris (Procurator Fiscal Oban) (Scotland) and other appeals [2011] UKSC 43, [2011] All ER (D) 45 (Oct)

Kapoor v National Westminster Bank and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1083, [2011] All ER (D) 42 (Oct)

Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2011] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 06 (Oct)

Ferdinand v MGN Ltd [2011] EWHC 2454 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 04 (Oct)

Jennifer James bemoans the on & off pitch antics of the English rugby team

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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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