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Housing—Homeless person—Duty of housing authority to provide accommodation

Greenweb Ltd v Wandsworth London Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 910, [2008] All ER (D) 420 (Jul)

R (on the application of Weaver) v London and Quadrant Housing Trust [2008] EWHC 1377 (Admin) [2008] All ER (D) 307 (Jun)

Dr Nicholas Ryder and Dr Clare Chambers discuss how to best tackle mortgage fraud particular, a firm is required to “take reason

Property

Contractors need to beware of employers giving early withholding notices, say Alexander Hickey and Elspeth Owens

Are tolerated trespassers about to get back their homes? Francis Davey reports

What redress is available to a misled property buyer? Anthony Judge investigates

A recent appeal court case may prompt lenders to evict defaulting mortgagors sooner rather than later, says Sarah Greer

Maloba has given valuable clarification on the definition of homeless, says Clive Thomas

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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

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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
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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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