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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7449

20 January 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Stephen Hackett & Clare Arthurs unravel the complexities of contracting with a sole trader

Part 3: Sarah Zielicka Edwards offers some tips on trial practicalities

Guidance (cases involving protected parties in which Official Solicitor invited to act as guardian ad litem or litigation friend) [2011] All ER (D) 26 (Jan)
Family Division, Pauffley J, 22 Dec 2010

Geraldine Morris assesses the latest consultation on nuptial agreements

R (on the application of Edwards and another) v Environment Agency (Cemex UK Cement Ltd, intervening) [2010] UKSC 57, [2010] All ER (D) 183 (Dec)

St Annes Distributors Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners, [2010] UKUT 458 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 45 (Jan)

Bonner and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] UKUT 450 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 49 (Jan)

O’Donoghue and others v United Kingdom [2010] ECHR 34848/07, [2011] All ER (D) 46 (Jan)

President’s Guidance (case management decisions and appeals therefrom) [2011] All ER (D) 36 (Jan)

Civil procedure
Re Branchempire Ltd, Rubin v Coote [2010] EWHC 3017 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 44 (Jan)

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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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