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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7350+7351

08 January 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Joanna Sykes on the scope of the doctrine of non-derogation from grant
 

Calvert v William Hill Credit Ltd (2008) EWCA Civ 1427, (2008) ALL ER (D) 155 (Dec); Sir Anthony May P, Lloyd and Etherton LJJ, 16 December 2008

Gary Yan reports on the exceptional use of s 91(14) prohibition

Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2008] UKHL 70, [2008] All ER (D) 115 (Dec)

O’Brien v Department for Constitutional Affairs [2008] EWCA Civ 1448, [2008] All ER (D) 224 (Dec)

Kier Tankard v John Fredricks Plastics Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1375, [2008] All ER (D) 126 (Dec)

Noor v Home Office [2008] All ER (D) 63 (Dec) (EAT)

Clark v Clark Construction Initiatives Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1446, [2008] All ER (D) 191 (Dec)

Oliver Radley-Gardner & Mark Sefton consider the complexities involved in administrations

Cadogan v Pitts [2008] UKHL 71, [2008] All ER (D) 101 (Dec)

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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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