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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7498

24 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The winner of this year’s Andrew Lees Prize Article Competition will win a one-month paid summer internship at LexisNexis...

The members of 20 Essex have announced that Andrew Fulton will be joining chambers in March.

David Fryer has joined Epiq Systems, Inc as general manager of UK operations. David will oversee day-to-day operations in the UK.

Listed company buys PI firm in bid to create ABS

David Hertzell & Colin Moore assess the legal challenges facing the providers of PIP breast implants

LSC wins legal action on solicitor overpayments

Encouraging greater judicial diversity is no easy task, says Adrian Jack

Despite bonuses lawyers feel their glass is half empty

Bar survey shows rise in sole practitioners

Bleak insurance prospects for properties at risk of flooding

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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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