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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7585

22 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of San Marco London Ltd) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] EWHC 3218 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 114 (Nov)

Gregory Mullarkey notes the similarities in attitude between solicitors & climate change deniers

Experienced speaker Dominic Regan provides guidance on making a successful presentation

Local privacy & regulatory issues must not be overlooked in the migration to the cloud, warn Nagib Tharani & Joshua Lenon

Thierry de Poerck & Paul Haggett note surveillance developments arising from recent use of covert evidence

Law commissioner is new independent chair of CII Professional Standards Board

Human rights & criminal barrister joins criminal & regulatory set

Two promotions in employments & pensions team

Despite judgment by NYC court Google Books still flouts copyright law outside US

Lawyers fear flexible working is "career suicide"

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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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