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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7549

21 February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Anson [2013] EWCA Civ 63, [2013] All ER (D) 123 (Feb)

UCB Home Loans Corporation Ltd v Soni and another [2013] EWCA Civ 62, [2013] All ER (D) 133 (Feb)

How should electronic audio data be handled and how can it be included into the eDisclosure process? Adrian White reports

Jon Williams, Network Manager at Barlow Robbins LLP, discusses the IT challenges facing today’s legal industry, and explains how MTI helped ease worries about infrastructure

James Wilson remembers one of New Zealand’s most infamous true crimes

But estate administration excluded from statutory regulation

Rules for the implementation of Jackson reforms laid in Parliament

Survey showed outcomes-focused regulation is more time-consuming

Results of Senior President of Tribunals' annual report

Law Commission consultation studies balance between landowners' rights & public interest

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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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