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07 December 2016
Issue: 7726 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Family proceedings

Re FC (a child) (care or supervision order: discretion) [2016] Lexis Citation 606, [2016] All ER (D) 11 (Dec)

The Family Court, in dismissing the local authority’s appeal, held that the judge’s conclusion, in the exercise of her discretion, that a care order, rather than a supervision order, had been the appropriate order to make had been a decision that fell well within the generous ambit within which reasonable disagreement was possible. In all of the circumstances, it was impossible to conclude that the judge’s decision had been wrong.

Issue: 7726 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carter-Ruck—Tomas Vail

Carter-Ruck—Tomas Vail

Carter-Ruck strengthens International team with appointment of arbitration partner Tomas Vail

Slater Heelis—Nick Terry

Slater Heelis—Nick Terry

Slater Heelis strengthens crime and regulatory team with appointment of Nick Terry as partner

Payne Hicks Beach—Thomas Moran & Sarah Gogan

Payne Hicks Beach—Thomas Moran & Sarah Gogan

Payne Hicks Beach strengthens private wealth offering with appointment of two new partners

NEWS
Expert witnesses face a multitude of risks and uncertainties when using artificial intelligence (AI) in their reports, IT specialists have warned
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has accepted Richard Lloyd’s recommendations for the Legal Services Board (LSB) and ordered a ‘comprehensive review of the regulatory framework’, likely to continue beyond 2029
More than one-third of expert witnesses now use artificial intelligence (AI) regularly or occasionally in their work, according to Bond Solon’s 2026 expert witness survey
General counsel have warned law firms not to keep artificial intelligence (AI) savings to themselves or risk losing work
Some 53 firms have been successfully assessed for legal aid contracts for inquest work and will now move to the verification stage, the Legal Aid Agency has confirmed
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