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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7719

21 October 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another [2016] EWCA Civ 983, [2016] All ER (D) 49 (Oct)

Gerald Metals SA v Timis and others [2016] EWHC 2327 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)

In the second part in the series, Philip Sissons & Joseph Ollech study costs recovery in long residential lease disputes

Essent Belgium NV v Vlaams Gewest and others C-492/14 , [2016] All ER (D) 58 (Oct)

Amnesty International’s report shines an unforgiving light on the impact of LASPO, says Jon Robins​

Ian Smith rounds up the latest employment news

R (on the application of Wilkinson) v South Hams District Council [2016] EWHC 1860 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 208 (Jul)

High profile constitutional battle over triggering Art 50

CPRC meeting minutes reveal govt is rethinking clinical neglience claims proposals

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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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