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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7256

18 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Why do we allow revenge and neglect to play such major roles in our justice systems?

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Geoff Barrett and Martin Finigan highlight the dangers of relying on composite insurance

Steven Raeburn exposes the uneasy consequences of the baser elements of journalism

Lea Brocklebank considers the challenges facing insurance lawyers in 2007

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Timing should not let rapists off the hook argues
Kjersti Lehmann

Dadourian Group International Inc v Simms and others
[2006] EWCA Civ 1745, [2006] All ER (D) 305 (Dec)

Dominic Thomas explains why the demand for environmental insurance is on the increase

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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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