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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7554

28 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Peter Thompson QC assesses the impact of Jackson on the reasonable person

Many solicitors are anticipating the legal aid cuts with an increasing sense of doom, says Cara Nuttall

Jo Renshaw outlines the effect LASPO 2012 will have on those doing publicly funded work

Marc Weller tracks the origins & the compliance issues associated with the prohibition of the use of force in international relations

How do courts deal with the question of costs where an arbitration award is being challenged? James Harrison reports

Andy Glenie & Georgia Dunphy explain how to go about enforcing your judgment in New Zealand

Jacksonchat, tribunal rules & child's play

Martin Burns highlights the benefits of appointing a commercial mediator

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 587 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 202 (Mar)

Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17, [2013] All ER (D) 190 (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 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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