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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7696

29 April 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

In the second part of a two part series, David Branson reports on the end of a century old overlap between civil and criminal liability in health and safety

Re the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Case I) [2016] EWHC 791 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 70 (Apr)

8 Representative Claimants and others v MGN Ltd [2016] EWHC 855 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 127 (Apr)

Auzins v Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Latvia [2016] EWHC 802 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 93 (Apr)

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

Amber Melville-Brown navigates a strange new world for media lawyers

The Panama Papers scandal could have a positive impact for private client lawyers, says Carla Brown

Longest inquest in British legal history concludes 27 years after tragedy

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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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