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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7598

14 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

199 Knightsbridge Development Ltd v WSP UK Ltd [2014] EWHC 43 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 06 (Mar)

Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Cambridge v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKFTT 444 (TC), [2013] All ER (D) 52 (Sep)

As the risks of handling big data grow, information governance is an important legal & technical issue, say Mike Brown & Ramin Tabatabai

Keith Davies investigates the curious incident of the village green in a harbour

Leading PI campaigner says Untraced Drivers Agreement has major flaws

Committee urge government to set up a Central Inquiries Unit

Welcome reform to CPR for costs lawyers, chartered legal executives, patent attorneys & trade mark attorneys

ICS chair says amendments could have "catastrophic implications"

Why the UK is better off with unelected judges

Gloucestershire solicitor took nearly £2m from clients

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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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