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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7768

03 November 2017

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R (on the application of Agyemang) v Haringey London Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1630, [2017] All ER (D) 145 (Oct)

Pablo Star Media Ltd v Bowen [2017] EWHC 2541 (IPEC), [2017] All ER (D) 143 (Oct)

Mybarrister Ltd v Hewetson and others [2017] EWHC 2624 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 146 (Oct)

Taurus Petroleum Ltd v State Oil Marketing Company of the Ministry of Oil, Republic of Iraq [2017] UKSC 64, [2017] All ER (D) 132 (Oct)

David Cooper recounts an ideal costs scenario

Who decides when somewhere attains statehood? Athelstane Aamodt shares some lessons from the past

The government has announced its long-awaited review of LASPO (the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012).

Divorce law in England and Wales encourages dishonesty and conflict, and is out of step with the law in Scotland and most countries in Europe and North America.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

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)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

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

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

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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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7768

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison