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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7546

31 January 2013
IN THIS ISSUE
New “opt-out” competition regime

Business secretary proposes major reforms to competition law

31 January 2013
Lawyers' salaries favour men

Female lawyers paid on average £50,000 less

31 January 2013
Bakewells & Nelsons Solicitors

Derby-based law practice Bakewells has merged with leading East Midlands firm Nelsons Solicitors

31 January 2013
Manslaughter rise

Greater number of corporate manslaughter prosecutions

31 January 2013
Flood risk

Conveyancers must search further

31 January 2013
Alexei Dudko - Hogan Lovells

Hogan Lovells is expanding its global litigation and arbitration practice with the recruitment of a litigation team from Linklaters in Moscow

31 January 2013
Thea Bennun - Stephen Scowns LLP

Thea Bennun has joined Stephens Scown LLP in Exeter as a solicitor in the family law team

31 January 2013
Fines for lawyers

SRA consultation on solicitors' fines

31 January 2013
Hill Dickinson

Hill Dickinson has acquired the majority of DLA Piper’s defendant insurance practice in Sheffield and Manchester

31 January 2013
Patent land grab

Computer patent applications at all time high

31 January 2013
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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
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NLJ this week: Big tech for small firms
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
NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?
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
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
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
NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews
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
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
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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