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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7499

31 January 2012
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The austerity plan from 1 April 2012 is to restrict the opening of public counters at all county courts and Family Proceedings Centres...

West Tankers Inc v Allianz Spa and another [2012] EWCA Civ 27, [2012] All ER (D) 127 (Jan)

Leathley v Bar Standards Board [2012] All ER (D) 110 (Jan)

Re Virtualpurple Professional Services Limited [2011] EWHC 3487 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 149 (Jan)

Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14, [2012] All ER (D) 114 (Jan)

Thomas Brown Estates Ltd v Hunters Partners Ltd [2012] EWHC 30 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 122 (Jan)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CE [2011] EWHC 3159 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 108 (Jan)

Armstrong DLW GmbH v Winnington Networks Ltd [2012] EWHC 10 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 64 (Jan)

Nicholas Fox follows recent developments in Cayman law relating to freestanding Mareva injunctions

QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd v Dymoke and others [2012] EWHC 80 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 156 (Jan)

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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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