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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7745

12 May 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith reports on the ABA Techshow

Davis (As trustee in bankruptcy of Jackson) v Jackson and another [2017] EWHC 698 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 119 (Apr)

Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP (Information Commissioner intervening) [2017] EWCA Civ 74, [2017] All ER (D) 208 (Feb)

The High Court has rejected a novel use of POCA 2002’s cash seizure powers, report Jasvinder Nakhwal & Nicholas Querée

Lidl Ltd v Central Arbitration Committee [2017] EWCA Civ 328, [2017] All ER (D) 31 (May)

Chodorek v District Court of Kielce, Poland [2017] EWHC 995 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 29 (May)

Reasonable losers; invites to OS; statutorily demanding; actuaries on a high.

“Those who own legal practices would do well to read the book and then have a long look at where they are going”

Litigation finance is going from strength to strength in the UK & globally, says Neil Purslow

Re Blavo; Blavo v Law Society (acting through the Solicitors Regulation Authority) [2017] EWHC 561 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 03 (May)

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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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