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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7647

03 April 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Montgomery is the belated obituary, not the death knell, of medical paternalism, says Charles Foster

Employment tribunal limits up; Latest credit hire ruling; Pleading diarrhoea; New CoP rules & CPR latest update

Re S (Children) (Care proceedings: Proper evidence for placement order) [2015] UKSC 20, [2015] All ER (D) 264 (Mar)

Andrew Francis considers how to prevent the acquisition of a right of light

Chapman v Simon is alive and kicking after 20 years, says Ryan Clement

Tallinna Ettevõtlusamet v Statoil Fuel & Retail Eesti AS C-553/13, [2015] All ER (D) 207 (Mar)

R (on the application of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWCA Civ 230, [2015] All ER (D) 263 (Mar)

Otuo v The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Britain [2015] EWHC 509 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 221 (Mar)

Boreh v Republic of Djibouti and others [2015] EWHC 769 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 248 (Mar)

Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 198 (Mar)

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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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