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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7498

24 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Secretary of State for Justice v RB and another [2011] EWCA Civ 1608, [2012] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

Deputy Chief Legal Ombudsman v French [2012] All ER (D) 85 (Jan)

Legal Services Commission v Loomba; Legal Services Commission v Ulasi; Legal Services Commission v Carter and others [2012] EWHC 29 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 58 (Jan)

Viv Williams & Phil Jepson tap into the merger discussions sweeping the legal profession...

Chris Pamplin debates the disclosability of pre-action expert reports

The psychological turmoil of breast implant removal & retention, by Hugh Koch Associates

Catherine Gannon trumpets the business benefits of outsourcing

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Law commissioner advocates breach of contract as solution to implant scandal

Bracewell Law has hired Gareth Pope to its commercial litigation team. He joins from Mayer Brown International LLP.

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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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