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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7616

25 July 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Sandiford) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] UKSC 44, [2014] All ER (D) 158 (Jul)

R (on the application of the Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 146 (Jul)

Qongwane and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (the application of Singh (India)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] All ER (D) 167 (Jul)

Soufflet Nagoce SA v Fedcominvest Europe SARL [2014] EWHC 2405 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 183 (Jul)

Adu v General Medical Council [2014] EWHC 1946 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 126 (Jul)

Can paralegals meet the market needs of the future, asks Stephen Gowland

Jane Ching reflects on two decades in legal education & looks to the future

Conveyancers have good reason to be cautiously optimistic about the future, as Perran Moon explains

Jon Robins examines the rolling impact of the legal aid cuts

Ian Smith considers the latest employment law developments

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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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