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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7530

20 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Co-operative launched its family law department this week, with 22 fee-earners and three support staff.

Lucy Chakaodza explains how legal professionals can expand their skills & choices through ADR training

Title insurance has come of age, says Steven Clarke.

Jon Robins considers how the profession is addressing a fundamental shift in regulation

Conveyancing lawyers have identified lenders’ panel-selection decisions as their greatest threat in the next 12 months, according to a survey carried out by property search provider Search Flow.

The annual scramble to renew professional indemnity insurance is underway, with firms racing to meet the 1 October deadline.

HMRC to crack down on London lawyers’ tax evasion

Employment lawyers have spoken out against today's proposals to reduce the £72,300 cap for unfair dismissal.

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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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