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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7700

27 May 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Ministry of Defence v Iraqi Civilians [2016] UKSC 25, [2016] All ER (D) 88 (May)

At the boundaries of permissible & impermissible boundary determinations. Toby Boncey reports

R (on the application of Sky Blue Sports and Leisure Ltd and another) v Coventry City Council and others [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Local Authority X v HI and others [2016] EWHC 1123 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 131 (May)

Do law books make a lawyer, asks Keith Davies

University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 440, [2016] All ER (D) 104 (May)

Human Rights Watch Inc and others v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_165-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 105 (May)

Beth Holden reports on Purrunsing & the extent of a seller’s solicitor’s duty to the buyer in a property transaction

Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and another [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Do the government proposals for future-proofing the BBC lack vision? Athelstane Aamodt reviews the evidence

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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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