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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7528

06 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Pablo Cortés provides some thoughts on the proposed consumer ADR & ODR initiatives

In the matter of Globespan Airways Limited (Formerly in Administration and now in Liquidation) [2012] EWCA Civ 1159, [2012] All ER (D) 144 (Aug)

Krolik and others v Several Judicial Authorities of Poland [2012] EWHC 2357 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 107 (Aug)

It is difficult not to be impressed by the depth of knowledge that must underpin this sort of writing

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington leafs through the Prince Harry controversy

Appleyard Lees, has appointed Adam Tindall as an associate within its mechanical team

William Prescott Mills Schwind has joined the Houston office of Jones Day as a partner

Welsh law firm Dolmans has promoted solicitor Teleri Davies

GT Law is expanding, announcing the opening of a new Leeds office and the appointment of a new solicitor Harry Pratt

Leading ethnic minority businesses (EMBs) and large corporations will be honoured for their achievements at the MSDUK 2012 Awards on 11 October in London

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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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