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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7303

10 January 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Does automatic disclosure mean no more refuge in self-incrimination privilege? Susan Edwards investigates

Seamus Burns explores the tidal wave of EU reform

Data Protection

News In Brief

Personal Injury

Bar chairman Timothy Dutton QC discusses his plans for his year in office

News In Brief

How are courts likely to divvy up the spoils of a failed relationship in 2008? asks Nick Starks

Harris and another v Moat Housing Group South Ltd [2007] EWHC 3092 (QB), [2007] All ER (D) 323 (Dec)

Alexander Ruck Keene considers the role of human rights in the regulation of care professionals

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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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