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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7596

28 February 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Ferienhäuser zum See GmbH v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM) T-383/12, [2014] All ER (D) 95 (Feb)

Martin Burns provides five important factors to consider when instructing an expert witness (or acting as one)

Tony Sykes discusses strategies for identifying intellectual property theft

Richard Harrison addresses some fundamentals of the mediation process

Business support may be the banks' next headache, says Aidan Briggs

Is Mitchell the last word on default, asks Dominic Regan

High Court provides guidance on applications for relief from sanction

Concern over risks to profitability due to demand for fixed fees

New prosecutorial tool for SFO & DPP

HMRC publish revised guidance

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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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