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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7551

05 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Re Fort Gilkicker Ltd; Universal Project Management Services Ltd v Fort Gilkicker Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 348 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 313 (Feb)

Navig8 Ptd Ltd v Al-Riyadh Co for Vegetable Oil Industry [2013] EWHC 328 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 285 (Feb)

Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland v Rafiq [2013] EWHC 348 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 313 (Feb)

Davies v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2013] EWCA Civ 135, [2013] All ER (D) 310 (Feb)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Noor [2013] UKUT 071 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 299 (Feb)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Scottish regional practice Ledingham Chalmers LLP has appointed four new partners through promotion

Wilsons has strengthened its practice with the appointment of new partners James Russell and Emma Swann

HLE blogger Elaine Freer defends the criminal justice system

West End law firm Davenport Lyons announces that Theo Solley has joined the firm’s dispute resolution group

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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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