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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7498

24 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The winner of this year’s Andrew Lees Prize Article Competition will win a one-month paid summer internship at LexisNexis...

The members of 20 Essex have announced that Andrew Fulton will be joining chambers in March.

David Fryer has joined Epiq Systems, Inc as general manager of UK operations. David will oversee day-to-day operations in the UK.

Listed company buys PI firm in bid to create ABS

David Hertzell & Colin Moore assess the legal challenges facing the providers of PIP breast implants

LSC wins legal action on solicitor overpayments

Encouraging greater judicial diversity is no easy task, says Adrian Jack

Despite bonuses lawyers feel their glass is half empty

Bar survey shows rise in sole practitioners

Bleak insurance prospects for properties at risk of flooding

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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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