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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7505

13 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Blaxell shares the latest developments in e-disclosure

Has the partnership model had its day? David Greene reports

Roger Smith keeps tabs on the government’s equivocal approach to human rights

Ian Smith sweeps through a month of change, disputed rest breaks & contract setbacks

Could sale & rentback fix the mortgage arrears hole? David Cowan investigates

Rebecca Carlyon notes the intricacies of beneficial interest relating to a foreign divorce

Giles Murphy considers how the Legal Services Act will drive up competition & efficiency

Lucy Wyles provides an update on foreseeability & trial by ambush

Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 397 (Ch)

W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (Mar)

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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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