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Annette Cafferkey provides an update on public law defences & discrimination

Court of Appeal rules council acted legitimately against anti-social former tenant

Heald and others v Brent London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 930; [2009] All ER (D) 157 (Aug)

Housing—Homeless—Child of 16 or 17

Family

Austin v Southwark London Borough Council [2009] EWCA Civ 66, [2009] All ER (D) 145 (Feb)

Ugiagbe v The London Borough of Southwark [2009] EWCA Civ 31, [2009] All ER (D) 95 (Feb)

Jamie Burton outlines the route of appeal for dissatisfied council tenants

James Naylor & Claire Southway explain why Risegold is good news for developers

Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2008] UKHL 70, [2008] All ER (D) 115 (Dec)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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