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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7680

11 December 2015
IN THIS ISSUE
Patent Premium Content

Stretchline Intellectual Property Ltd v H&M Hennes & Mauritz (UK) Ltd [2015] EWHC 3298 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 192 (Nov)

11 December 2015
All change? Premium Content

Are CIArb’s new rules & guidelines innovative or more of the same, asks Tim Hardy

11 December 2015 / Tim Hardy
A better route to justice? Premium Content

Is harassment a more attractive cause of action than defamation in the internet age, asks Athelstane Aamodt

11 December 2015 / Athelstane Aamodt
Patent Premium Content

Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 3366 (Pat), [2015] All ER (D) 242 (Nov)

11 December 2015
A legal fiction? Pt 1 Premium Content

In a two-part series, John Murphy explores the inter-relationship between the torts of defamation & malicious falsehood

11 December 2015 / John Murphy
First DPA negotiated with SFO

Lack of publicity surrounding Standard Bank case “real coup” for bank

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Time to move on in 2016?
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New solicitor exam may be on horizon
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CIArb award
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A race relations half-century
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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

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NLJ this week: Tightening the screws on JCT terminations
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
NLJ this week: Old rules, fresh warnings in employment law
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
NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession
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
NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
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’
NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads
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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