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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7611

20 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Can inherited wealth be claimed by a non-inheriting spouse when a couple split up? Margaret Hatwood investigates

Does the current housing possession process provide effective access to justice? Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report

Dan Tench assesses the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling in Google Spain

R (on the application of Church Commissioners for England) v Hampshire County Council and another [2014] EWCA Civ 634, [2014] All ER (D) 60 (Jun)

Re DE (a Child) [2014] EWFC 6, [2014] All ER (D) 72 (Jun)

Contrarian Funds Llc v Lomas and others Re Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in Administration) [2014] EWHC 1687 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 65 (Jun)

Standard Bank Plc v EFAD Real Estate Company WLL and others [2014] EWHC 1834 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

Shergill and others v Khaira and others [2014] UKSC 33, [2014] All ER (D) 83 (Jun)

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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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