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Finding the right lawyer matters

23 April 2009
Issue: 7366 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services
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News in brief

LexisNexis has launched Version 3 of LawyerLocator, a marketing and information base for lawyers and clients, at www.lawyerlocator.co.uk. Search facilities have been modified on the site to help potential clients find the right law firm quickly, and LawyerLocator now hosts a series of articles to help businesses and individuals understand basic legal issues. There are also online forums, where customers can discuss issues with their peers and legal professionals. Tim McGarr, LawyerLocator project manager, says: “Informed customers are great news for law firms as it means they know what they want and they are going to the right firm.”

Issue: 7366 / Categories: Legal News , Legal services
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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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