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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7311

06 March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

What are the implications of the recent Court of Appeal ruling on the status of agency workers? Michael Wynn investigates

Hanchett-Stamford v HM Attorney General and another [2008] EWHC 330 (Ch)

Child support is a family, not an administrative, matter says David Burrows (from the barricades)

Lewis provides guidance on bias and predetermination in elections purdah, says Nicholas Dobson

Should convicted murderers be granted artificial insemination facilities in prison? Seamus Burns investigates

News

Is a police officer’s duty to provide stop and search information absolute? Neil Parpworth investigates

News

Community care

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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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