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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7502

21 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Bulkowski v Regional Court of Eblag Poland [2012] All ER (D) 102 (Feb)

Revenue & Customs Commissioners v Cotter [2012] EWCA Civ 81, [2012] All ER (D) 83 (Feb)

Sherdley and another v Nordea Life and Pension SA (Societe Anonyme) [2012] EWCA Civ 88, [2012] All ER (D) 103 (Feb)

Coogan v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another; Phillips v News Group Newspapers and another [2012] EWCA Civ 48, [2012] All ER (D) 12 (Feb)

Chris Pamplin reports on the case of the forgetful surveyor

James Wilson on the case of the vintage Bentley

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP has promoted seven senior associates and three senior counsel to join the firm’s global partnership.

Penningtons Solicitors LLP has announced that Judith Farbey QC of Doughty Street Chambers will be working alongside its immigration team as an independent consultant.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has entered into a partnership with the faculty of laws at UCL...

Charles Russell LLP has announced that Robert Mecrate-Butcher, previously a partner at Pinsent Masons, is to join as a partner in the firm’s employment and pensions 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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