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THIS ISSUE

Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7339

14 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Cuthbert v Gare (t/a The Bowes Manor Equestrian Centre) (Supreme Court Costs Office):

Hay v Ministry of Defence [2008] All ER (D) 269 (Jul)

Arbitration

Feeling client phobic? Simon Young has just the remedy

SG & R Valuation Services Co v Boudrais [2008] EWHC 1340, [2008] All ER (D) 141 (May)

Business Environment Bow Lane Ltd v Deanwater Estates Ltd [2008] EWHC 2003 (TCC)

Dolphin Quays Development Ltd v Mills [2008] EWCA Civ 385, [2008] 4 All ER 58

Statoil ASA v Louis Dreyfus Energy Services LP [2008] EWHC 2257 (Comm), [2008] All ER (D) 116 (Sep)

Grayson and another v United Kingdom (App No 19955/05 and 15085/06)

Gareth Kagan and Beverley Barton offer some guidance on witness statements from recent cases

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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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