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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7692

25 March 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC warns against the rush to embrace online justice

Alec Samuels on the loss of pension on remarriage or cohabitation

In the first of a two-part series, David Branson reports on the end of a century old overlap between civil & criminal liability in health & safety

British Gas Trading Ltd v Oak Cash & Carry Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 153, [2016] All ER (D) 128 (Mar)

Bouhadi v Breish [2016] EWHC 602 (Comm), 2016] All ER (D) 167 (Mar)

R (on the application of Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society of Britain) v Charity Commission [2016] EWCA Civ 154, [2016] All ER (D) 129 (Mar)

Peires v Bickerton’s Aerodromes Ltd [2016] EWHC 560 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 160 (Mar)

James Deacon & Ben Savery set out the lessons to be learnt from recent Pt 36 case law

The Bar Standards Board explains what its strategic plan means for the profession

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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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