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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7746

19 May 2017
IN THIS ISSUE
An uphill struggle Premium Content

Non-party appellants must show that their legal & equitable rights, not simply their reputation, have been affected by adverse judicial comment, explain Robert Wheal & Rebecca Copcutt

19 May 2017 / Rebecca Copcutt / Robert Wheal
Ward of court Premium Content

Re A (a child) (ward of court: approach by Security Service) [2017] EWHC 1022 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 39 (May)

19 May 2017
Online courts take the stage Premium Content

Masood Ahmed & Claire Pennells consider pre-action protocols & the Briggs online court

19 May 2017 / Claire Pennells / Masood Ahmed
Practice Premium Content

Octagon Overseas Ltd and another v Coates [2017] EWHC 877 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 78 (May)

19 May 2017
Willpower & determination Premium Content

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

19 May 2017 / Henrietta Mason / Paola Fudakowska
Discount rate too cautious?

Personal injury lawyers divided as to how to calculate DR

18 May 2017
Manifestos pledge law reform
18 May 2017
Lord Chief Justice: judges need ‘assessors’
18 May 2017
What do businesses value most from external counsel?
18 May 2017
The Red Book hits 25
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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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