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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7525

31 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Robert Kay crunches the numbers involved in securing & insuring the London 2012 Olympic Games

What avenues are open for the intervened solicitor, asks Chris Gadd

Can costs be ordered against a local authority, asks Jonathan Herring

Hayley McLorinan tackles the issue of recoverable heads of loss between jurisdictions

Malcolm Dowden investigates local authority written statements & contaminated land

Katherine Hardcastle examines the extra-territorial ambit of the Serious Crime Act 2007

How do banks juggle duty to their customers with money-laundering obligations, asks Simon Goldstone

Michael Kershaw QC highlights the difficulty of multiple meanings in court statements

Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council v Hickin [2012] UKSC 39

Johann MK Blumenthal GMBH & Co KG and another v Itochu Corp [2012] EWCA Civ 996, [2012] All ER (D) 240 (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
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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