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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7416

06 May 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

What are the implications for Google’s proposed online library? asks Jane Foulser McFarlane

Dee v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2010] EWHC 924 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 215 (Apr)

Onego Shipping and Chartering BV v JSC Arcadia Shipping, M/V ‘Socol 3’ [2010] EWHC 777 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 179 (Apr)

R (on the application of TG) v Lambeth London Borough Council [2010] EWHC 907 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 204 (Apr)

Janna Purdie considers the courts’ support of the right to arbitrate

Early case assessment could take flight, says Costa Kypre

About 4,000 mainly female Birmingham City Council staff have won their equal pay claim.

The number of paralegals working in England has doubled in the last decade and is set to rise further, according to a government-sponsored think-tank.

Ruling suggests fairness is more important than secrecy

Indirect age discrimination does not occur where an employee’s promotion depends on their having a degree and they do not have time to obtain one before retirement.

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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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