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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7492

30 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Listen & learn, says Roger Smith, the judges are speaking

Stephen Levinson puts Vince Cable’s new regime for employment tribunals under the spotlight

Simon Cheetham wonders why tribunal recommendations are such a rare beast

Proceed with care. Siobhan Jones distils the lessons practitioners can take away from Kernott v Jones

Amy Taylor predicts the effect of the EC Maintenance Regulation on the courts in England & Wales

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow count the costs of environmental JR

Karen O’Sullivan provides a crash course in the issues that arise around liability in road traffic litigation

Michael Cook examines the financial implications of litigants in person

R (on the application of Mousa) v Secretary of State for Defence and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1334, [2011] ALl ER (D) 160 (Nov)

Parbulk II A/S v Heritage Maritime Ltd SA [2011] EWHC 2917 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 155 (Nov)

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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