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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7690

11 March 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Cook v Mortgage Debenture Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 103, [2016] All ER (D) 247 (Feb)

Re W (Children) (Fact finding hearing: evidence and publicity) [2016] EWCA Civ 113, [2016] All ER (D) 04 (Mar)

The Legal Education Foundation has got off to a busy start, notes Roger Smith

Naomi O’Higgins explains the role & responsibilities of deputies under the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Christopher Boyd on the effect of current technology on directors’s legal duties

Fat shaming & disability harassment. Stephen Hurley reports

Research highlights costs-saving benefits of Family Drug and Alcohol Courts

Supreme Court’s IP decision may have far-reaching implications

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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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