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Tom Bedford predicts potential trip-hazards ahead & suggests ways to smooth the artificial intelligence road

Exceptions to the default rule on costs in discontinued cases are rare but do exist, explains Jack Ridgway

The date for Bar Conference 2024 has been announced and, in a likely general election year, the headline speakers will be considering ‘What next for justice in England and Wales?’

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is to be investigated in connection with its actions prior to the collapse of Sheffield law firm SSB Group

Clients are taking longer to pay their bills, leading to an increase in law firm debt, while the move to flexible working has prompted a rise in borrowing, research by accountants and business advisers Lubbock Fine has shown

Ex-SFO head of bribery & corruption joins firm as partner

The Spring Budget brought several tweaks to property taxation & CGT, which are likely to impact the wider real estate market, write Chris Gaunt & Caroline Styan

Paul Magrath recalls the chequered history of law reporting prior to the establishment of a Council of Law Reporting in 1865

What’s the true meaning of ‘consequential loss’? C Haward Soper consults the case law—and that other authoritative source, ChatGPT…

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

Partner appointed head of family team

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

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)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

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

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison