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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7511

24 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene explores the gaps in the LASPO Bill

The coalition’s reforms to the tribunal system will impair justice, insists David Renton

The LSLA’s first female president Francesca Kaye considers the interest surrounding her appointment

Charles Pigott explains how & why age can be a case apart

What do children cases actually decide, asks Simon Johnson

Patrick Allen sums up the current approach to the discount or enhancement of damages

Susan Nash provides an update on the latest human rights controversies

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Clive Sheldon QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation

Re Erskine Trust [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 03 (Apr)

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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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