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Lawyers have welcomed the UK-Australia trade deal but warned ‘practical barriers’ still exist.

The Cabinet Office has updated its guidance on submitting expressions of interest to become a part-time arbitrator for UK/EU trade and cooperation agreement (TCA) issues.

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a ‘consultation on the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime’.

Charles Pigott explores retained EU law through recent findings from the employment coalface

Cyprus is ideally situated for companies seeking an EU base post-Brexit, writes Nicolas Kyriakides

"This new area of law will not be temporary, nor will it get simpler. This is an invaluable practical guide."

The Law Society of England & Wales has reported that the National Council of French Bars (CNB) and the French government have concluded that the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement enables UK qualified lawyers to register as foreign legal consultants (FLCs) for temporary and permanent practice.

Lawyers welcomed the news that the European Parliament ratified the UK’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the EU last week, but warned questions remained unresolved.

Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council—Assessment on the application of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to accede to the 2007 Lugano Convention, has been published in the Official Journal.

The EU Commission has confirmed rumours that it opposes UK accession to the Lugano Convention, in a blow to UK businesses and consumers.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

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)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

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

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

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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Brexit

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison