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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7727

16 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Worrall v Antoniadou [2016] EWCA Civ 1219, [2016] All ER (D) 30 (Dec)

Dominic Zammit provides a guide to how to successfully brand a merger

Charles Pigott reports on an airline’s refusal to accommodate breastfeeding cabin crew being discriminatory

Can Lord Bach produce a viable blueprint for a fair system of justice, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

Jonathon Bray discusses ABS authorisation pain points

Bank of Baroda, GCC Operations and others v Nawany Marine Shipping FZE and others [2016] EWHC 3089 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 28 (Dec)

Groupe Go Sport v European Union Intellectual Property Office T-703/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 32 (Dec)

DHL Express (Austria) GmbH v Post-Control-Kommission and another C-2/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 34 (Dec)

Peter Thompson QC contends that setting aside a default judgment should be a free service

After Brexit: is international commercial litigation in London doomed? Pippa Rogerson examines the evidence

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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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