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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7618

08 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hester Jewitt examines government plans to crack down on the abuse of zero hours contracts

Simon Hills & Tom Metcalfe report on the implications of the new public procurement regime when setting up a mutual

Tamsin Cox provides an update on the vexed issue of serving effective break notices

Professor Cooke & Luke Campbell report on the forthcoming Law Commission project on the law of wills

Arbitration & the Jackson reforms—who learns from whom? David Bridge investigates

Peter Vaines on strict liability criminal offences from Mars, punitive penalties & disguised salaries

Re JXN (A Child) [2014] EWFC 17, [2014] All ER (D) 08 (Aug)

Browning v Information Commissioner and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1050, [2014] All ER (D) 04 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance S.A. (in Liquidation) v Sal Oppenhim jr. & cir. KGaA [2014] EWHC 2627 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 309 (Jul)

Elsevier Ltd v Munro [2014] EWHC 2728 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 07 (Aug)

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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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