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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7667

11 September 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Post Deepwater, Richard Lissack QC & Fiona Horlick review the implications of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case) Regulations 2015

Frank Maher issues a final warning for solicitors to respond to the SRA discussion paper on PII cover

NP v JP and another [2015] EWHC 2551 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 27 (Sep)

AB International (HK) Holdings plc and another v AB Clearing Corporation Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 2196 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 28 (Sep)

Jasinavicius v Ministry of Justice, Republic of Lithuania [2015] EWHC 2417 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 301 (Jun)

Information Commissioner v Colenso-Dunne [2015] UKUT 471 (AAC), [2015] All ER (D) 15 (Sep)

Sang Stone Hamoon Jonoub Co Ltd v Baoyue Shipping Co Ltd “Bao Yue” [2015] EWHC 2288 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 114 (Aug)

Stephen Levinson analyses the results of enquiries into the impact of the fees in employment tribunals

A Local Authority v AF and others [2015] EWFC 74, [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Sep)

Law Society issues employment proposals amid fee controversy

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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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