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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7764

06 October 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Banghard) v Bedford Borough Council [2017] EWHC 2391 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Oct)

South Gloucestershire Council v Burge and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1313, [2017] All ER (D) 14 (Oct)

Liddle (on his own behalf and as Executor of the estates of Liddle (Deceased)) and another v Liddle and others; Liddle and others v Liddle (on his own behalf and as Executor of the estates of Liddle (Deceased)) and another [2017] EWHC 2261 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 05 (Oct)

Jacobs UK Ltd (formerly known as Jacobs Engineering UK Ltd) v Skanska Construction UK Ltd [2017] EWHC 2395 (TCC), [2017] EWHC 2395 (TCC)

Vowles v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKFTT 704 (TC), [2017] All ER (D) 117 (Sep)

A Local Authority v Mother and another [2017] All ER (D) 81 (Sep), [2017] Lexis Citation 291

XX v Whittington Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWHC 2318 (QB) [2017] All ER (D) 80 (Sep)

Brookman v General Medical Council [2017] EWHC 2400 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 03 (Oct)

Entries are now being accepted for the 2018 LexisNexis Legal Awards.

Peers propose curbing ministers’ Henry VIII powers

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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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