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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7560

17 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

National law firm Gorman Hamilton has rebranded and will be known as True Personal Injury Solicitors.

Birmingham law firm The Wilkes Partnership has merged with Solihull-based Williamson & Soden solicitors.

David Greene predicts where the main areas of dispute will arise as a result of the civil litigation shake up

The inability to afford expert evidence will impact complex family cases warns Cara Nuttall
 

Mark Whitcombe concludes his examination of the employment tribunal’s approach to striking out

Is it time the two-year cohabitation requirement was removed from the Fatal Accidents Act? Jonathan Herring reports

How does an English court decide if a claimant will be unable to obtain a fair trial abroad, asks Ross Rymkiewicz

HSBC Bank v Tambrook Jersey Ltd [2013] EWHC 866 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 116 (Apr)
 

Y v General Medical Council [2013] EWHC 860 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 236 (Apr)
 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-145/12, [2013] All ER (D) 73 (May)
 

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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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