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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Anthony Gold Solicitors welcome Clifford Tibber who joins as a new partner in the commercial dispute resolution team.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has announced a new hire: IP Partner Clive Thorne, from Arnold & Porter

The lord chief justice has announced the appointment of Mrs Justice Gloster DBE as judge in charge of the commercial court.

The City Law School has agreed a new three-month international energy litigation internship with K&L Gates LLP.

The South Wales Trainee Solicitors Group Summer Ball took place in Cardiff this month.

Adedoyin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWCA Civ 773, [2010] All ER (D) 53 (Jul)

R (on the application of C) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2010] EWHC 1601 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 25 (Jul)

Angara Maritime Ltd v Oceanconnect UK Ltd and another [2010] EWHC 619 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 37 (Jul)

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1771)

Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Contribution to Costs of Special Resolution Regime) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/Draft)

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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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