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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

10 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

TV Edwards LLP has announced that Blacklaws Davis will be joining them from the 1 May.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has announced the appointment of Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC as its new president.

Alastair Young and Andrew Jones have joined SNR Denton’s, litigation and arbitration team as partners

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has recruited two new hires—partner, David Meredith and legal director, Andrew Sutherland.

Michael Cover, accredited mediator has been re-appointed as the representative of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) on the Board of the Civil Mediation Council.

The holy grail of the post-Legal Services Act world appears to be the creation of a solicitor-led legal brand instantly recognisable by the public...

The Secretary of State for Justice announced in early February that the planned introduction of the Bribery Act (the Act) in April 2011 will be delayed a third time.

Ian Smith reports on an unusual misconduct dismissal, Tupeland & product placement

Leave to remove: no longer the carer’s prerogative, ask Kim Beatson & Shelley Cumbers

Andrew Francis considers a novel area of property law

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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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