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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7660

10 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

A bilateral gamble or commercial nonsense? Andrew Butler reflects on Arnold v Britton and others

Nicholas Dobson explains how Munby LJ’s streamlining bid was thwarted in the Court of Appeal

Do health professionals owe a duty to people who are not their patients? Elizabeth Milbourn reports

Cotton provides a masterclass in estate administration for trustees & practitioners, as Andrew Willetts explains

​Begg v HM Treasury [2015] EWHC 1851 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 274 (Jun)

​DN v HN [2014] EWHC 3435 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 250 (Jun)

​Re C (A Child) [2015] EWFC 29, [2015] All ER (D) 268 (Jun)

​R (on the application of Alemi) v Westminster City Council [2015] EWHC 1765 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 247 (Jun)

​Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 1769 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 264 (Jun)

Actavis UK Ltd and others v Eli Lilly & Company [2015] EWCA Civ 555, [2015] All ER (D) 259 (Jun)

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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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