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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7493

08 December 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Thobani v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] All ER (D) 12 (Dec)

R (on the application of Mayaya and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 3088 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 193 (Nov)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v PA Holdings Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1414, [2011] All ER (D) 237 (Nov)

Abdulla and others v Birmingham City Council [2011] EWCA Civ 1412, [2011] All ER (D) 210 (Nov)

Deborah Blaxell & Chris Dale trace the path of data following the instruction of a software & services provider

JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2011] EWCA Civ 1386, [2011] All ER (D) 195 (Nov)

Dominic Regan examines the possibilities of reducing expert costs after Jackson

Early collaboration between experts & solicitors is welcome news, say James Stanbury & David Greene

The musings of an expert timber consultant...Jim Coulson branches out

James Wilson recalls the notorious case of Polanski v Conde Naste Publications

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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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