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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7401

20 January 2010
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Tribunal awards down; bank charge claims set to revive; ruling on missing credit agreement defence

Ross and another v Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 13 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 49 (Jan)

Gillan and another v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 4158/05, [2010] All ER (D) 40 (Jan)

Sondy v Crown Prosecution Service [2010] All ER (D) 41 (Jan)

Geoffrey Bindman on receiving his fiftieth practising certificate

In-house lawyers step up campaign against fee anomalies.

The government has agreed to implement Competition Commission recommendations for a supermarket ombudsman and watchdog.

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has proposed a dramatic cut to the success fees lawyers can charge for winning defamation cases, days after the publication of Jackson LJ’s final report.

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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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