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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7511

24 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene explores the gaps in the LASPO Bill

The coalition’s reforms to the tribunal system will impair justice, insists David Renton

The LSLA’s first female president Francesca Kaye considers the interest surrounding her appointment

Charles Pigott explains how & why age can be a case apart

What do children cases actually decide, asks Simon Johnson

Patrick Allen sums up the current approach to the discount or enhancement of damages

Susan Nash provides an update on the latest human rights controversies

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Clive Sheldon QC debates the pros & cons of retrospective tax legislation

Re Erskine Trust [2012] EWHC 732 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 03 (Apr)

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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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