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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7541

04 December 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Where a court hearing is aborted because of court staff error...

Is it common practice to refuse a party his costs on an interlocutory civil hearing...

A civil claim runs alongside an application for financial remedies and the two cases are to be heard together...

Can the court make a suspended order for possession of a dwelling by consent...

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE Blogger Sarah Lewis explores the debate surrounding whole life tariffs

The Forum of Insurance Lawyers has elected Greenwoods Solicitors’ partner Rod Evans as its president for 2013

Christopher Murray is to retire from Kingsley Napley both as senior partner and from the partnership

Harrison Clark, has welcomed Adam Finch as partner and head of financial services litigation, based in Cheltenham

Leeds Metropolitan University has appointed Tom Macdonald as head of the Leeds Law School

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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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