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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7661

17 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v MH [2015] EWHC 1920 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 43 (Jul)

Chief Constable of the Bedfordshire Police v Golding and another [2015] EWHC 1875 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Jul)

Edenred (UK Group) Ltd and another v Her Majesty’s Treasury and others [2015] UKSC 45, [2015] All ER (D) 07 (Jul)

R (on the application of St Matthews (West) Ltd and others) v HM Treasury and another [2015] EWCA Civ 648, [2015] All ER (D) 12 (Jul)

Michael Zander addresses one of the main Tory objections to the Human Rights Act

Aidan Briggs explains why donatio mortis causa is an exception to nearly every rule

Phillipa Bruce-Kerr explains how deprivation of liberty cases overlap with the private client arena

Ruth Hewitt provides an update on how & when secondary victims can run successful compensation claims

Ian Smith recommends some light reading

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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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