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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7568

12 July 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Non-compliant litigators will get short shrift, say Ed Lewis & Jennie Gillies

JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov and others [2013] EWHC 1869 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 28 (Jul)

Johnson v Lord Mayor and Citizens of Westminster [2013] EWCA Civ 773, [2013] All ER (D) 259 (Jun)

R (on the application of Jabarkhail) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1798 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 54 (Jul)

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Inner North London [2013] EWHC 1786 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 269 (Jun)

Wood and another v Gorbunova and others [2013] EWHC 1935 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 83 (Jul)

R (on the application of Howard) v Official Receiver [2013] EWHC 1839 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 73 (Jul)

Westshield Civil Engineering Ltd and another company v Buckingham Group Contracting Ltd [2013] EWHC 1825 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 10 (Jul)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Call for expert panel to help avoid formal intervention into failing law firms

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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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