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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7514

15 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Minkin v Cawdery Kaye Fireman & Taylor [2012] EWCA Civ 546, [2012] All ER (D) 35 (May)

Petroleo Brasileiro SA v ENE Kos 1 Ltd [2012] UKSC 17, [2012] All ER (D) 18 (May)

Re Home & Office Fire Extinguishers Ltd; Rodliffe v Rodliffe and another [2012] All ER (D) 31 (May)

R v OB [2012] EWCA Crim 67, [2012] All ER (D) 67 (May)

West African Gas Pipeline Company Ltd v Willbros Global Holdings Inc [2012] EWHC 396 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 60 (May)

Morris v Royal Bank of Scotland plc UKEAT/0436/10/MAA, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (May)

R (by her litigation friend) v Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust [2012] EWHC 492 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 38 (May)

Hallam Estates Ltd and another v Baker [2012] EWHC 1046 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 49 (May)

Adam Caplan continues his series on how to a grow a law firm

Emblaze Mobility Solutions Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2012] All ER (D)
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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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