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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7360

12 March 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Morgan v Hinton Organics (Wessex) Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 107, [2009] All ER (D) 14 (Mar)

Nolan v Wright [2009] EWHC 305 (Ch), [2009] All ER (D) 45 (Mar)

ECJ ruling will derail huge number of potential claims against employers

Peter Vaines tackles residency, domicile and Polish plumbers' suits

News in Brief

Pay cuts forcing family barristers to desert legal aid work

Children's interests should be at the heart of adoption decisions, says Jonathan Herring

The Dorchester Hotel Ltd v Vivid Interiors Ltd [2009] EWHC 70 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 264 (Feb)

T (a child) (care order) [2009] EWCA Civ 121, [2009] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)

Employment

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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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