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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7621

12 September 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith looks to the future

James Maloney considers the pros & cons of charitable incorporated organisations

Is McDonald the last word on Art 8 & private landlords, asks Philip Sissons

Elizabeth Milbourn examines the courts’ approach to liability to injured bus passengers

Re G (children)(Adoption proceedings) [2014] EWHC 2605 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 44 (Aug)

No cracking & hot-tubbing; intestacy law & Inheritance Act reforms & a lowdown on the update

Roderick Ramage discusses the property characteristics of “e-material” & shares a new precedent

Top Brands Ltd and another v Sharma and another [2014] EWHC 2753 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 32 (Aug)

Lehman Brothers Finance AG (in liquidation) v Klaus Tschira Stiftung GmbH and another company [2014] EWHC 2782 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 42 (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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