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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7428

29 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Phillip Oldcorn looks west for PII inspiration

Keith Patten applauds the judiciary’s common-sense approach to evidence in personal injury claims

Picard v FIM Advisers LLP [2010] EWHC 1299 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 216 (Jul) Chancery Division, Companies Court Kitchin J 27 May 2010

R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] All ER (D) 200 (Jul)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v PA Holdings Ltd [2010] All ER (D) 207 (Jul)

Medical Profession (Responsible Officers) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/Draft)

Health Act 2009 (Commencement No 4) Order 2010 (SI 2010/1863)

Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Miscellaneous Consequential Amendments) Order 2010
(SI 2010/1881)

A recent study from the Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC) drawing on 831 interviews of people at Leicester, Hull, Gateshead, Derby and Portsmouth community legal advice centres (CLACs) makes for an interesting read

The government is intent on creating a new “super agency” to tackle the perceived shortcomings of the current multi-agency system for investigating and prosecuting fraud and related commercial crime.

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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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