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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7509

03 April 2012

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Martin Burns looks at the impact of removing immunity from property expert witnesses

Kevin Dick follows the fight against conveyancing fraud

Peter Vaines rounds up the latest developments in the world of tax

They're over. The trek to the commissioner for oaths, or the court officer empowered to administer, and the privilege of paying for the experience of swearing at them....

Audley Sheppard & Joachim Delaney welcome Indian moves to be recognised as an international arbitration hub

Costs management & docketed judges: are you ready for the big bang next year, asks HH Judge Simon Brown QC

Durham v BAI (Run Off) Ltd (in scheme of arrangement) and other cases [2012] UKSC 14, [2012] All ER (D) 201 (Mar)

A Local Authority and others v DL [2012] EWCA Civ 253, [2012] All ER (D) 211 (Mar)

Re Combined Insurance Company of America and other companies [2012] EWHC 632 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 182 (Mar)

Air Transworld Ltd v Bombardier Inc [2012] EWHC 243 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 193 (Mar)

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Kennedys—Milan Devani

Chief information officer appointment strengthens technology leadership

Maguire Family Law—Hannah Barlow & Sophie Hughes

Firm strengthens Wilmslow team with two solicitor appointments

DWF—Ian Plumley

Londoninsurance and reinsurance practice announces partner appointment

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NLJ this week: Tightening the screws on JCT terminations

The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment

NLJ this week: Old rules, fresh warnings in employment law

Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes

NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession

The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself

NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap

A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’

NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads

Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design

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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7509

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Milan Devani

Maguire Family Law—Hannah Barlow & Sophie Hughes

DWF—Ian Plumley