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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7498

24 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Ian Smith pays tribute to some end of term judicial desk clearance

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter predict a year of transformation

Kim Beatson investigates the struggle to establish jurisdiction in pre-nuptial cases

Susan Brown highlights the potential conflicts of interest surrounding ABSs, insurers & motor claims

Keith Davies turns the spotlight onto a Thameside Tudor tiff

Timothy Trotman examines the development of the scope of duty test after The Achilleas

Kartik Mittal offers some tips on securing security for costs orders

Serious Organised Crime Agency v Namli and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1411, [2012] All ER (D) 56 (Jan)
CPR 31.6(b)(ii) was unqualified.

Julio v Jose; Nambalat v Taher and another; Jose v Julio and other appeals UKEAT/0553/10/DM, [2012] All ER (D) 100 (Jan)

Simpson & Marwick v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] UKUT 498 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 93 (Jan)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy

Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

DR Solicitors—Paul Edels

Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment

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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