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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7505

13 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Blaxell shares the latest developments in e-disclosure

Has the partnership model had its day? David Greene reports

Roger Smith keeps tabs on the government’s equivocal approach to human rights

Ian Smith sweeps through a month of change, disputed rest breaks & contract setbacks

Could sale & rentback fix the mortgage arrears hole? David Cowan investigates

Rebecca Carlyon notes the intricacies of beneficial interest relating to a foreign divorce

Giles Murphy considers how the Legal Services Act will drive up competition & efficiency

Lucy Wyles provides an update on foreseeability & trial by ambush

Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 397 (Ch)

W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (Mar)

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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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