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Wearing too many hats? In this month’s brief, Ian Smith addresses the confirmation of the rule against multiple employers, lingering COVID fears at work, & civil proceedings orders
Legal regulators are considering tougher rules on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) following a series of controversies in recent years. 
The Met has been exposed by the Casey Review as having ‘a poisoned culture that has become endemic’, writes NLJ columnist Jon Robins in this week’s issue. 
How much change will the fire & rehire code deliver? Charles Pigott assesses the government’s draft code of practice
In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith breaks new ground courtesy of the Court of Appeal & navigates some tricky traps for unwary employees
The House of Commons Library has published guidance on 5 March 2023 on how constituents can contact their MPs to complain about personal conduct of judicial office holders and about courts, judges and legal professionals.
The ‘public interest’ justification for the right of any individual to bring disciplinary proceedings against any solicitor disappeared a long time ago, says John Gould
Proposals to fine firms up to 5% of their annual turnover for breaches of the professional rule book have been confirmed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed its proposals for changes to its fining regime and policy on publishing decisions.
A draft statutory code of practice to stop ‘fire and rehire’ practices has been published by the government.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

NEWS
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
The High Court has upheld a rare successful serious-irregularity challenge after an arbitrator relied on an implied term neither party had advanced
Thirty years after The Future of Law shook a profession still using fax machines, its central forecast looks increasingly less like prophecy and more like description
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
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