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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7507

29 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

BEST Trustees plc (as Trustee of the Singer & Friedlander Ltd Pension & Assurance Scheme) v Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd (in administration) [2012] EWHC 629 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 140 (Mar)

Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets v Lovebox Festivals Ltd [2012] All ER (D) 128 (Mar)

R (on the application of ST (Eritrea)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 12, [2012] All ER (D) 149 (Mar)

Souglides v Tweedie and another [2012] EWHC 561 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 127 (Mar)

Barr and others v Biffa Waste Services Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 312, [2012] All ER (D) 141 (Mar)

Is it really 12 months since the last Cook on Costs appeared on the shelves? Much has happened in that time and Michael Cook has clearly been busy expanding his Cookbook to accommodate the changes.

Peers disappointed over measures to ensure judicial diversity

Public Account Committee criticises MoJ financial management

Redundancy supported “legitimate aim” in Woodcock

LawWorks & LexisNexis celebrate student pro bono work

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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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