Jon Lord
Principal costs lawyer
Jon Lord, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)
Principal costs lawyer
Jon Lord, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)
Jon Lord assesses the government’s latest attempt to address costs in clinical negligence claims
Freezing hourly rates may hinder access to justice, says Jon Lord
Jon Lord considers seven wonders of a modern costs lawyer’s world
What lessons have been learned from the costs management pilots in the Mercantile Courts and Technology and Construction Courts? Jon Lord reports
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
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 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
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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