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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7567

05 July 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

SRA executive director issues warning over growing trend for improper practices

Regulators clash over pan-profession compensation fund

Supreme Court ruling marks a "shift in emphasis"

Sad day for access to justice campaign

CILEx president strikes cautious note on legal apprentices

 Launch of First-tier Tribunal Property Chamber

Office for Judicial Complaints releases its annual report

Victims of Catholic laundries to receive pay-out

Criminal courts should be fully digital by 2016 after the government announced plan to invest £160m in IT systems across the courts and criminal justice agencies.
 

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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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