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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7509

03 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

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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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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