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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

The status of partners is a risky business, says Sarah Rushton

Alison Mayfield examines the frustrations of force majeure

How can litigation be used to protect IP rights? Michael Edenborough QC & Thayne Forbes explain

Super bolts, super supper, super speculation & super duper deposit win

KGM v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others [2010] EWHC 3145 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 281 (May)

Hare-Brown and another v Trent and another [2011] EWHC 90202 (Costs), [2011] All ER (D) 223 (May)

Fung Oi Chiu and others v Waitrose Ltd and another [2011] All ER (D) 271 (May), [2011] EWHC 1356 (TCC)

Chen and others v Chui and others [2011] EWHC 1276 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 266 (May)

Re Mumtaz Properties Ltd; Wetton (as liquidator of Mumtaz Properties Ltd) v Ahmed and others [2011] EWCA Civ 610, [2011] All ER (D) 237 (May)

C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646

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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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