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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7408

11 March 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of McVey and others) v Secretary of State for Health [2010] EWHC 437 (Admin), 2010] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

R (on the application of O) v Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council [2010] All ER (D) 36 (Mar)

Al-Saadoon and another v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 61498/08, 010] All ER (D) 37 (Mar)

Sumner v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2010] EWHC 372 (Admin), 2010] All ER (D) 44 (Mar)

Child Trust Funds (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Finance Act 2009, Section 94 (Appointed Day) Order 2010

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2010

The Ministry of Justice is reviewing expert witness rates for legal aid work, with a view to introducing fixed fees and hourly rates.

Earlier this year Watford employment tribunal awarded Elon de Oliveira £35,700 after a sustained period of racist abuse he suffered at work as a hospital porter at Hammersmith Hospital...

Public, not vested, interests lie at the heart of Jackson LJ’s final report,says Andrew Parker

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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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