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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7630

14 November 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Silke N Kumpf considers the significance of the worldwide rise in Islamic finance structures

Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 3131 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 27 (Oct)

Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd T/A World Duty Free [2014] EWCA Civ 1387, [2014] All ER (D) 325 (Oct)

Olainfarm AS v Latvijas Republikas Veselibas ministrija and another C-104/13, [2014] All ER (D) 322 (Oct)

Prest v Prest [2014] EWHC 3430 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 277 (Oct)

HTC Corporation v Gemalto S.A. [2014] EWCA Civ 1335, [2014] All ER (D) 274 (Oct)

Surrey (UK) Ltd v Mazandaran Wood & Paper Industries [2014] EWHC 3165 (Comm)

Wobben Properties GmbH v Siemens Public Ltd Company and others [2014] EWHC 3173 (Pat), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Oct)

Galiazia v Governor of HMP Hewell and another [2014] EWHC 3427 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 264 (Oct)

Chris Pamplin looks at recent moves by the Ministry of Justice to control the whiplash claims industry & MROs

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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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