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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7344

07 November 2008
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Mediation provides an alternative remedy for mounting credit crunch claims, says Matthew Greenberg

The government is promoting a judicial work shadowing scheme designed to give lawyers the chance to experience the day-to-day activities in a judge’s life.

House of Lords restores common sense to commercial property market

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City  Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law

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Research

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City  Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City  Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law

William Christopher explains why he recommends pursuing perpetrators of fraud in civil courts

Landlord and tenant—Assignment of lease— Implied covenant

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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)
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
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
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