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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Challenging an arbitration award Premium Content

Janna Purdie considers the “substantial injustice” requirement for a successful challenge under s 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
 

08 January 2009
Benefits & ageism Premium Content

Ian Smith contemplates some murky borderlines

01 January 2009 / Ian Smith
Update from the courts Premium Content

How far should doctors go to inform patients about alternative procedures? Elizabeth Wale reports

01 January 2009 / Elizabeth Wale
Knights in the City

Honours

01 January 2009
Promoting equality Premium Content

Ulele Burnham examines how courts interpret positive equality obligations in public law

01 January 2009 / Ulele Burnham
News in brief

Musicians take note; Working time; Bar nursery

01 January 2009
Law reports: Will-Construction-Definition of "per stirpes" Premium Content

Sammut and others v Manzi Jnr and other (2008) ALL ER (D) 79 (Dec); Lord Phillips, Lord Hope, Lord Rodger, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell, 4 December 2008

01 January 2009
Taxing matters

Taxation

01 January 2009
Lawyers top league in bid for survival

Profession

01 January 2009
Avoiding a pyrrhic victory Premium Content

James Lewis & Kit Jarvis discuss recent case law on enforcement

01 January 2009 / Kit Jarvis / James Lewis
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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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