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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7488

01 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Maxwell) v The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education [2011] EWCA Civ 1236, [2011] All ER (D) 232 (Oct)

R v Rheines [2011] EWCA Crim 2397, [2011] All ER (D) 221 (Oct)

Tesla Motors Ltd and another company v British Broadcasting Corporation [2011] EWHC 2760 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 233 (Oct)

Gale and another v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49, [2011] All ER (D) 212 (Oct)

Chris Pamplin highlights changes & contrasts in the expert witness market

Michael Nash reflects on the changes to succession rules

Anton van Dellen surveys the damage following the removal of expert witness immunity in Jones v Kaney

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington anticipates the attorney general's address to the ECtHR on the question of prisoners' voting rights

Ming-Yee Shiu considers the circumstances in which fiduciary duties may be imposed upon employees

Dominic Regan returns to the consequences of the referral fee chop

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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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