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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7578

04 October 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Ed Heaton reviews the current child support system & outlines developments over the last 12 months

Ian Smith reviews a group of cases on compensation for unfair dismissal & one teeming with EU-driven complications

Keith Patten investigates the complex area of law surrounding statutory employment & common law negligence

Oliver Radley-Gardner surveys the risks surrounding residential service charge regulation

When it comes to forum shopping, every little (fact) counts, say Richard Marshall & Clare Arthurs

Fee remission pain from Monday, short bankruptcies over & in-house cheer

European Commission and another v Kadi C-584/10 P, C-593/10 P and C-595/10 P, [2013] All ER (D) 411 (Jul)

London Steam Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association Ltd v Kingdom of Spain [2013] EWHC 2840 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 196 (Sep)

Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland Plc [2013] EWHC 2780 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 214 (Sep)

European Commission v Strack C-579/12, [2013] All ER (D) 203 (Sep)

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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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