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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7746

19 May 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Non-party appellants must show that their legal & equitable rights, not simply their reputation, have been affected by adverse judicial comment, explain Robert Wheal & Rebecca Copcutt

Re A (a child) (ward of court: approach by Security Service) [2017] EWHC 1022 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 39 (May)

Masood Ahmed & Claire Pennells consider pre-action protocols & the Briggs online court

Octagon Overseas Ltd and another v Coates [2017] EWHC 877 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 78 (May)

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Personal injury lawyers divided as to how to calculate DR

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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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