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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7407

04 March 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Michael Tringham traces the expensive consequences of avoiding a bill

R (on the application of Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2010] All ER (D) 301 (Feb)

Buckland v Bournemouth University Higher Education Corporation [2010] EWCA Civ 121, [2010] All ER (D) 299 (Feb)

Linsen International Ltd v Humpuss Sea Transport PTE Ltd and another [2010] EWHC 303 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 258 (Feb)

Hotel Cipriani SRL and others v Cipriani (Grosvenor Street) Ltd and others [2010] EWCA Civ 110

Audio-visual media regulations 2010

Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No 6) Order 2010

Implementing Jackson

The number of complaints against judges has dropped, according to the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC).In its third annual report, the OJC reveals it received 1,339 complaints between April 2008 and March 2009, a seven per cent reduction on the previous year.

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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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