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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7420

03 June 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Depfa Bank plc v Provincia di Pisa; Dexia Crediop SpA v Provincia di Pisa [2010] EWHC 1148 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 231 (May)

OB (by his mother and litigation friend) v Aventis Pasteur SA [2010] UKSC 23, [2010] All ER (D) 242 (May)

Craftrule Ltd v 41-60 Albert Palace Mansions (Freehold) Ltd [2010] EWHC 1230 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 267 (May)

AT (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; JK (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 567, [2010] All ER (D) 233 (May)

Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2010] EWCA Civ 571, [2010] All ER (D) 247 (May)

Offshore law firms Mourant and Ozannes have merged to create Mourant Ozannes.

Jonathan Poole has joined Temple Bright.

Sana Bibi and Timothy Wait have been made partners at Anthony Gold.

Eversheds has appointed five new partners in global operations.

Is this the beginning of the end of law as we know it? asks Ian Jones

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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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