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Scammell v Farmer [2008] EWHC 1100 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 296 (May)

Claimants appearing on the Register of the Corby Group Litigation v Corby Borough Council [2008] EWCA Civ 463, [2008] All ER (D) 89 (May)

Actavis UK Ltd v Merck & Co Inc [2008] EWCA Civ 444, [2008] All ER (D) 290 (May)

R v Porter [2008] All ER (D) 249 (May)

R v Raphael and another [2008] EWCA Crim 1014, [2008] All ER (D) 159 (May)

Wood v DPP [2008] EWHC 1056 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 162 (May)

Adorian v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2008] EWHC 1081 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 231 (May)

Re P (children) (adoption: parental consent) [2008] EWCA Civ 535, [2008] All ER (D) 265 (May)

Practice Direction (Residence and Contact Orders: Domestic Violence and Harm) [2008] All ER (D) 132 (May)

SK (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 495, [2008] All ER (D) 190 (May)

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NEWS
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
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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