THIS ISSUE
E-wills: Roderick Ramage asks whether we can have the future now
TUPE & multiple transferees: whither the fate of the employment contract? John McMullen reports
CPR: latest dose; Rolls up for a party!
Why are so many firms stumbling their way to failure when it comes to applications for relief? Stephen Averill provides some answers
Barrister Philip Rule examines the relationship between false imprisonment & Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Geoffrey Bindman QC breaks the spell of witchcraft
Significant & immediate investment is needed across the board to ensure the criminal justice system serves everyone, says Mark Cotter QC
Beth Bell considers the lawfulness & usefulness of covert recordings in family cases
A judge was right to strike out a claim for occupational deafness where proceedings were launched while the employer company was dissolved, the Court of Appeal has held
How to find the best IT suppliers for your next generation software. A guide for Practice Managers tasked with pulling together a short-list, by Brian Welsh, CEO at Insight Legal
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
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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