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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7577

27 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Mark Solon anticipates the shake-up for expert witnesses in family courts

Can the court override an expert determination decision, asks Chris Pamplin

"Every PI firm has some hard thinking to do, whether to stay but specialise and reorganise or get out"

New head of tax intelligence

New head of Sheffield office

New partners in Jersey office

Young Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council hold annual event

New corporate appointments for Blake Lapthorn

Dominic Regan considers the road ahead for whiplash claims

Tim Lawson-Cruttenden questions the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime & Policing Bill

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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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