Day: 11 April 2025

‘This case note considers the Supreme Court judgment in RTI Ltd v MUR Shipping BV [2024] UKSC 18.’

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St John's Buildings, April 2025

Source: stjohnsbuildings.com

‘There is little dispute that AI should be regulated. The UK government agrees,1 divisive tech moguls like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree,2 even AI itself agrees that “regulating Artificial Intelligence is crucial.”3 The perennial problem, is how. The following paper will argue that the UK should create a dedicated domestic AI Regulator (‘the Regulator’) which categorises AI systems based on their potential risk, concluding that the UK would derive significant benefits from shaping international regulatory standards.’

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St John's Buildings, 9th April 2025

Source: stjohnsbuildings.com

‘What can you do if an employment claim would be jeopardised unless a person was granted anonymity?

The answer may be to apply for an anonymity order under Rule 49 of the Employment Tribunal Procedure Rules 2024. Those applications, however, face procedural and substantive hurdles as illustrated by the recent EAT decision in F v J.’

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St Philips, 9th April 2025

Source: st-philips.com

‘Ceri Edmonds discusses applying to vary a lease under section 35 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 and considers the decision in 56 Westbourne Terrace RTM Co Ltd v Polturak and others [2025] UKUT 88 (LC).’

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Tanfield Chambers, 10th April 2025

Source: tanfieldchambers.co.uk

‘Since January the transparency order is ‘a thing’, in that courts will usually make one in every case where a reporter attends a hearing. Such orders allow the anonymised reporting of a hearing or a case by the media.’

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Transparency Project, 10th April 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk

‘On 9 April 2025, new Immigration Rules under Appendix Skilled Worker came into force.’

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Richmond Chambers, 10th April 2025

Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk

‘On 10 April 2025 the Court of Appeal handed down judgement in Re M (A Child: Intermediaries) [2025] EWCA Civ 440 in respect of an appeal arising from the refusal of a Mother’s application for intermediary assistance in care proceedings. For the purposes of the appeal, the Association of Lawyers for Children and the Family Law Bar Association were intervened.’

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St Ives Chambers, 10th April 2025

Source: www.stiveschambers.co.uk

‘Coleen Rooney’s lawyers did not commit misconduct over her costs in the so-called Wagatha Christie row with Rebekah Vardy, a High Court judge has ruled.’

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BBC News, 10th April 2025

Source: www.bbc.co.uk