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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7740

31 March 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Baugniet v Capita Employee Benefits Ltd and another [2017] EWHC 501 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 167 (Mar)

N v ACCG and others [2017] UKSC 22, [2017] All ER (D) 154 (Mar)

Matthew Kay explores the steps being taken to support women within the legal profession

Dove and another v London Borough of Havering [2017] EWCA Civ 156, [2017] All ER (D) 162 (Mar)

Mayor and Burgesses of the London Borough of Islington v Dyer [2017] EWCA Civ 150, [2017] All ER (D) 164 (Mar)

Barron MP and others v Collins MEP [2017] EWHC 162 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 161 (Mar)

James Goudkamp & Donal Nolan examine contributory negligence in the Court of Appeal

Financial Conduct Authority v Macris [2017] UKSC 19, [2017] All ER (D) 153 (Mar)

The law should not underestimate the desire of terminally ill patients to make a final & important contribution to medical advancement, says David Locke​

Complex process of UK’s withdrawal from the European Union has commenced

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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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