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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7817

16 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

John Cooper QC on legal films & the magical ingredients which mean they will always be top of the bill

Worse for assured shortholds; searching for an adoptee; stay halts service; old maintenance arrears.

​Paul Hewitt reports on how to resolve mistakes & ambiguities in wills & the fallout from a geographical error

Despite the push towards transparency in pricing, John Gould explains why comparing legal services like-for-like isn’t so simple

​Can the Duke of Wellington stop Brexit?

In the first part of a special series on road traffic accident reform, Nicholas Bevan reports on the challenges posed by automated vehicles

​In this month’s employment brief, Ian Smith takes on whistleblowing & exclusion & gives a nod to Sweden

​Dominic Regan provides some answers to the civil procedure worries keeping you up at night

Law Society launches guidance papers outlining no deal risks

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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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