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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Court rules treatment of council head in Baby P case was “intrinsically unfair”

LSB to undertake further review in 2013

UK lawyers should take heart from the news that confidence is riding high among their colleagues across the pond.

An independent finance provider has reported a surge in the number of law firms seeking funds for their VAT bills following HMRC’s decision to wind up its “Time to Pay” scheme.

Lawyers have topped the list of entries in this year’s Standard Chartered Great City Race, due to take place on 14 July.

EU member states which prohibited non-nationals from becoming notaries breached EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the first instance decision in C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646, which concerned a dispute over land.

Former Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wilson was sworn in last week as a justice of the Supreme Court at a ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

Deborah Evans, former CEO of the Legal Complaints Service, has been appointed chief executive of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

IBB Solicitors has appointed Jacqui Skovron as a senior solicitor to the specialist residential development and strategic land team.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins—William Hallett & Lorna Scully

Anthony Collins hires two talented legal directors

Switalskis—five appointments

Switalskis—five appointments

Firm expands national abuse compensation team

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

Mathys & Squire—nine promotions

IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices

NEWS
A High Court ruling has sent a jolt through the legal profession after a newly qualified solicitor used an internal AI tool to produce court correspondence containing a fabricated legal citation
A significant data privacy ruling has clarified what counts as valid consent under UK data protection law
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
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