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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7618

08 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hester Jewitt examines government plans to crack down on the abuse of zero hours contracts

Simon Hills & Tom Metcalfe report on the implications of the new public procurement regime when setting up a mutual

Tamsin Cox provides an update on the vexed issue of serving effective break notices

Professor Cooke & Luke Campbell report on the forthcoming Law Commission project on the law of wills

Arbitration & the Jackson reforms—who learns from whom? David Bridge investigates

Peter Vaines on strict liability criminal offences from Mars, punitive penalties & disguised salaries

Re JXN (A Child) [2014] EWFC 17, [2014] All ER (D) 08 (Aug)

Browning v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1050, [2014] All ER (D) 04 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance S.A. (in Liquidation) v Sal Oppenhim jr. & cir. KGaA [2014] EWHC 2627 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)

Elsevier Ltd v Munro [2014] EWHC 2728 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Aug)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cripps—Radius Law

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

Switalskis—Grimsby

Switalskis—Grimsby

Firm expands with new Grimsby office to serve North East Lincolnshire

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury

Property team boosted by two solicitor appointments

NEWS
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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