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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7738

17 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Response from Shaun McNally CBE, chief executive, Legal Aid Agency

The Excalibur benchmark & lessons for funders in international arbitration, by James Clanchy

Axa Versicherung Ag v Arab Insurance Group [2017] EWCA Civ 96, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Mar)

Vivienne Westwood Ltd v Conduit Street Development Ltd [2017] EWHC 350 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 47 (Mar)

Does the legal aid statutory charge apply to damages recovered by children & their parents under the Human Rights Act 1998, asks David Burrows

Tchenguiz and another v Grant Thornton UK LLP and others [2017] EWHC 310 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 10 (Mar)

Newell-Austin v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2017] EWHC 411 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 43 (Mar)

Re EV (A Child); Re EV (A Child) (No 2) [2017] UKSC 15, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Mar)

Andrew Young considers how gastric illness claims have been impacted by Wood v Tui UK Ltd

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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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