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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7776

12 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Keep 2 March 2018 clear; Enjoy 93rd CPR update; Hours to escape new family forms.

David Burrows reviews Sir James Munby’s tenure as president & his impact on family law

Since we last wrote for NLJ in 2012, online courts, case management & CaseLines have moved on...

Kathryn Garbett & Mehmet Karagoz discuss malicious prosecution of civil claims & analyse Willers v Joyce

The Supreme Court in 2017. Brice Dickson reviews the personnel, judgments & output

Athelstane Aamodt explores the weird world of what exactly you can trade mark

Derek Adamson discusses the current issues with the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010, & suggests some improvements

Keith Wilding explains why the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983 should take a broad approach

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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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