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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7311

06 March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE
End of the line for temps? Premium Content

What are the implications of the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the status of agency workers? Michael Wynn investigates

06 March 2009 / Michael Wynn
UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION—DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS ASSETS AMONG MEMBERS—ONLY ONE SURVIVING MEMBER Premium Content

Hanchett-Stamford v HM Attorney General and another [2008] EWHC 330 (Ch)

07 March 2008
Public v family Premium Content

Child support is a family, not an administrative, matter says David Burrows (from the barricades)

06 March 2008 / David Burrows
Keeping an open mind Premium Content

Lewis provides guidance on bias and predetermination in elections purdah, says Nicholas Dobson

06 March 2008 / Nicholas Dobson
The killer question Premium Content

Should convicted murderers be granted artificial insemination facilities in prison? Seamus Burns investigates

06 March 2008 / Seamus Burns
In Brief

News

06 March 2008
Setting the PACE Premium Content

Is a police officer’s duty to provide stop and search information absolute? Neil Parpworth investigates

06 March 2008 / Neil Parpworth
2,500% fees hike could put children at risk

News

06 March 2008
Top 100 play it cautious

News

06 March 2008
Community Care law update Premium Content

Community care

06 March 2008 / Ed Mitchell
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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

NEWS
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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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