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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7542

13 December 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins follows the furore over regulation in the legal fraternity

Should there be concern over the fairness of the Hillsborough panel’s procedures, asks Michael Uberoi

The UK should repeal HRA 1998 & withdraw from the European Convention, says Alec Samuels

Ian Smith reviews recent employment law decisions

As the legal profession undergoes inevitable change, so too does the role of its dedicated experts. Alex de Moller talks to 2012’s award-winning expert firm Trevor Gilbert & Associates

Edward Floyd examines how the Family Division has pierced the corporate veil

Karl Tonks makes the case for independent legal advice in personal injury cases

Danny McFadden on the increasing popularity of mediation in Hong Kong

Intransigence has no place at the mediation table, says Steven O’Sullivan

Afolabi v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2012] EWHC 3502 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 25 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson

Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill

Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin

Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire

NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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