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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7706

08 July 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Tiuta International Ltd (in liquidation) v De Villiers Surveyors Ltd [2016] EWCA Civ 661, [2016] All ER (D) 10 (Jul)

R (on the application of IM and another) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2016] EWCA Civ 611, [2016] All ER (D) 06 (Jul)

Blackwood v Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust [2016] EWCA Civ 607, [2016] All ER (D) 168 (Jun)

Goluchowski v District Court in Elblag, Poland; Sas v Circuit Court in Zielona Gora and District Court in Jelenia Gora, Poland [2016] UKSC 36; [2016] All ER (D) 171 (Jun)

In his final article, Dermot Feenan explores the place of compassion in legal practice

The SRA’s attempt to introduce a code of solicitors’ ethics fit for the 21st century should be applauded, says Dr Tony Harvey

Dominic Regan discusses strange & unusual deaths

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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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