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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

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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