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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7600

27 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hockin and others v Masden and another [2014] EWHC 763 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 206 (Mar)

Jones and another v First Greater Western Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 301, [2014] All ER (D) 167 (Mar)

CD v ST C-167/12, [2014] All ER (D) 183 (Mar)

Keyu and others v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and another [2014] EWCA Civ 312, [2014] All ER (D) 187 (Mar)

White v Express Newspapers; Callaghan v Express Newspapers [2014] EWHC 657 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 177 (Mar)

"Many of the jokes are laugh-out-loud funny & the language stylish"

Bindman criticises decision granting immunity to Saudi state & officials

Why did the ECtHR grant the Saudis immunity from legal action in UK courts in a torture case? Geoffrey Bindman QC reports

Report reveals optimism from sole practitioners & small firms

Dominic Regan notes that the courts are following Mitchell ruling

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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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