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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7473

06 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker crosses the picket line to investigate the right to strike

Dominic Regan tackles alternative business structures

Ian Smith pays respect to the latest developments in employment law

Richard Scorer on the battle to secure effective interim damages payments

One cannot rely upon one’s own wrong in the courtroom, observe Oliver Radley-Gardner & Mark Sefton

When can non-domestic rate demands be challenged ask Aidan Briggs
& Craig Barlow

Emma Davies prescribes a regulatory health check

The Civil Courts (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1465) kills off 23 county courts and sets three execution dates over the next month.

Ruth Pratt examines the forthcoming changes to civil litigation funding

Charlotte Bradley reviews the “new” test for enforcing LSC cost orders

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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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