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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7555

12 April 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

J1 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 279, [2013] All ER (D) 283 (Mar)

R (on the application of Nagre) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 720 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 15 (Apr)

Sinclair v Glatt and others [2013] EWCA Civ 241, [2013] All ER (D) 295 (Mar)

R (on the application of Copson) v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust [2013] EWHC 732 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 24 (Apr)

Taking on the brightest & best lawyers is not always the greatest strategy, as Tim Bellis reports

"During her robed tenure, Rose handled some of the most talked about cases in the history of the English common law"

Children in limbo after court ruling on legal aid in family cases

“No use” having interpreters there on only 98% of occasions when they are required

MoJ consultation on draft Inheritance and Trustees' Powers Bill

LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards are held

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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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