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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7606

16 May 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Mughal v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2014] EWHC 1371 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (May)

R (on the application of JF (by her litigation friend RW)) v NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group [2014] EWHC 1345 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 38 (May)

Assuranceforeningen Gard Gjensidig v The International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund 1971 [2014] EWHC 1394 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 74 (May)

Mercedes-Benz Financial Services UK Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 0200 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 51 (May)

Barnes (as former court appointed receiver) v The Eastenders Group and another [2014] UKSC 26, [2014] All ER (D) 63 (May)

Susan Dunn tracks the trends in litigation funding

Nigel Sanders provides an offshore perspective of litigation funding

Will the issues of e-cigarettes & plain packaging re-ignite tobacco litigation, asks Sarah Moore

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Calls for government to increase resources for SFO as white collar crime soars

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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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