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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7822

04 January 2019

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Directories & NextGen Law: Michael Burne believes big data & AI are close to producing a segmented client selection tool

Alec Samuels reports on secrecy, privacy, confidentiality & anonymity in the courtroom

Frank Maher shares some predictions for law firm risk

Nicholas Dobson considers the delicate balance of rights involved in interim injunctions against hunt protesters

Steven Gasztowicz QC marks the 170th birthday of Tulk v Moxhay

Simon Parsons reflects on the possible impact of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 which breaks the conduit pipe whereby EU law flows into UK domestic law

Patrick Allen predicts an uplift in the number of law firms converting to co-ownership

Bar for what constitutes a significant development should not be set too high

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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 169, Issue 7822

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison