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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7646

27 March 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Trail Riders Fellowship and another) v Dorset County Council [2015] UKSC 18, [2015] All ER (D) 189 (Mar)

Liberty Investing Ltd v Sydow and others [2015] EWHC 608 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 169 (Mar)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2015] EWHC 681 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 193 (Mar)

Levi and another v Bates and others [2015] EWCA Civ 206, [2015] All ER (D) 139 (Mar)

Brice Dickson reports on a quiet year for the Supreme Court

English courts are meeting fraud claims head on, says Sophia Purkis

Claimant lawyers question exclusion from fraud taskforce

Minimum £500,000 terms to apply to all BSB-regulated entities

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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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