THIS ISSUE
New senior associate for DR team
New head of chambers
Silk appointed to High Court bench
New partner for corporate & commercial team
New board members for ILEX Professional Standards
Nicholas Asprey tackles the issue of the Crown & compulsory purchase
Robert Hines on the family court’s approach to orders dealing with offshore assets
Charles Wood & Jennifer Pattison gear up for Tender Round 3
Van Buggenhout and another v Banque Internationale a Luxembourg SA C-251/12
Re Sigma-Tau Pharma Ltd and another [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Oct)
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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