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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7725

02 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Will the English courts still be top choice post-Brexit, asks Jonathan Harris QC

Rahim v Arch Insurance Co. (Europe) Ltd [2016] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 142 (Nov)

Peter Vaines reports on the latest news from the world of tax

Avonwick Holdings Ltd and another v Shlosberg [2016] EWCA Civ 1138, [2016] All ER (D) 141 (Nov)

Co-operation versus litigation: could mediation be the new & improved face of justice, asks Glenn Stanbury

Will the Hague Convention be to court litigation what the New York Convention has been to arbitration, asks Jan-Jaap Baer

Defamatory guts; blame the accountant; & wretched costs

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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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