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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7638

30 January 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

The great UK tradition of the Magna Carta remains vital, say Martha de la Roche & Ruth Daniel

David Spencer & Alistair Kinley assess the government’s attempt to legislate for the fundamentally dishonest

Businesses working across jurisdictions will increasingly have to deal with “human rights” issues, says Chris Syder

Hussain v Waltham Forest London Borough [2015] EWCA Civ 14, [2015] All ER (D) 128 (Jan)

R (on the application of B and another) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWCA Civ 1628, [2014] All ER (D) 197 (Dec)

R (on the application of Mohammed) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 4317 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

Jarden Consumer Solutions (Europe) Ltd v SEB SA [2014] EWCA Civ 1629, [2015] All ER (D) 22 (Jan)

Re K and H (Children: unrepresented father: cross-examination of child) [2015] EWFC 1, [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Jan)

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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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