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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7566

28 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Event Holding GmbH & Co. KG v OHIM T-353/11, [2013] All ER (D) 123 (Jun)

Apollo Engineering Ltd v James Scott Ltd (Scotland) [2013] UKSC 37, [2013] All ER (D) 116 (Jun)

Bank Mellat v Her Majesty’s Treasury [2013] UKSC 38, [2013] All ER (D) 164 (Jun)

Tony Allen explains how mediation can provide a remedy for litigation horror stories

Dominic Regan turns his reforming eye towards the privatisation of the court system

LETR calls for more support for the development of less traditional training routes

Supreme Court rules in favour of Bank Mellat

Patents could be granted in 90 days

New Supreme Court role for Baroness Hale

Legal Services Commission finally given all-clear by auditors

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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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