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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7380

28 July 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Horvath) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs C-428/07, [2009] All ER (D) 233 (Jul)

AF v BG [2009] EWCA Civ 757, [2009] All ER (D) 249 (Jul)

F G Hawkes (Western) Ltd v Beli Shipping Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 1740 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 207 (Jul)

The Law Society Council

Hall & Woodhouse Ltd v Borough and County of the Town of Poole [2009] EWHC 1587 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 226 (Jul)

HM Treasury v Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 1811 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 218 (Jul)

R (on the application of Kay) v Chief Constable of Northumbria Police [2009] EWHC 1835 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 238 (Jul)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v GG (proceedings under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005) [2009] EWCA Civ 786, [2009] All ER (D) 247 (Jul)

Mike Willis & Naomi Park hope Jackson LJ’s drive for costs reform will encourage leaner & cleaner procedures

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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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