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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7515

23 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Attrill and others v Dresdner Kleinwort Limited and another company [2012] EWHC 1189 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 97 (May)

Hughmans Solicitors v Central Stream Services Ltd (in Liquidation) and another [2012] EWHC 1222 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 102 (May)

Trillium (Nelson) Properties Ltd v Office Metro Ltd [2012] EWHC 1191 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 98 (May)

R (on the application of Calver) v Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 91 (May)

Cameron and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012] EWHC 1174 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 79 (May)

Merck Canada Inc and another v Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc [2012] EWPCC 21, [2012] All ER (D) 85 (May)

Whiplash experts need more than ever to maintain their integrity or risk losing their career, reports Mark Solon

Do women make better mediators? Lucy Chakaodza reports

Adam Caplan continues his series on how to a grow a law firm

James Wilson reads between the lines of the Prince & the Chinese takeaway

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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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