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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7581

25 October 2013

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Adrian Kwintner reviews the s 14A special time limit for negligence actions

Primera Maritime (Hellas) Ltd and other companies v Jiangsu Eastern Heavy Industry Co Ltd and another company [2013] EWHC 3066 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 172 (Oct)

Harcus Sinclair (a firm) v Buttonwood Legal Capital Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 2974 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 134 (Oct)

Graham v University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and others UKEAT/0130/13/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 58 (Oct)

Bocacina Ltd v Boca Cafes Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 3090 (IPEC), [2013] All ER (D) 152 (Oct)

New chair for Acas Council

Two senior associates promoted to partner in real estate practice

Service recruits business law & criminal fraud specialist

Autumn lecture series begins on 6 November

Geraldine Morris tracks recent attempts to clarify cohabitation

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

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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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7581

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison