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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7574

05 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Take-up expected to be highest with start-up companies 

Michael Shrimpton revisits the case of the metric martyr

The compulsory levy to fund the Law Society should be dropped, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has said in its response to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) review of legal services regulation.

Small solicitor firms with between one and four partners can take advantage of a new direct route to professional indemnity insurance cover, Chancery Pii, as part of a joint venture between the Law Society and Miller Insurance Services LLP.

Solicitors to pay in dormant funds & City firms to sponsor major initiatives

Do we need great advocates, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

HMRC has launched an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) process for tax and VAT disputes, following a two-year trial.

McGrath v Independent Print Ltd [2013] EWHC 2202 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 35 (Aug)
 

The High Court’s landmark approval of the sterilisation of a man with learning difficulties will not be a “green light” for other cases, the solicitor for the Trust involved in the case has said.

Ex-employees taking contact lists and other information from company databases with them when they go is becoming a major source of legal disputes.

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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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