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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7522

10 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Kerry Underwood balks at the transformation of legal “clients” into “consumers”

Achieving judicial diversity may require more work than is envisaged, suggests Geoffrey Bindman QC

Gross misconduct is no barrier to pay in lieu of notice, notes Anna Macey

Can information disclosed in family proceedings be released to particular individuals or bodies, asks David Burrows

In the second of two articles, Jon Holbrook considers fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies for housing associations

Briscoe v Tilt [2012] All ER (D) 09 (Jul)

Ali v Hoque [2012] EWCA Civ 274, [2012] All ER (D) 44 (Jul)

Hearst Communications Inc v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-344/09 [2012] All ER (D) 22 (Jul)

R (on the application of Omar and others) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2012] EWHC 1737 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 06 (Jul)

Mayer v Hoar [2012] EWHC 1805 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 46 (Jul)

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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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