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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7256

18 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

In brief

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

James Levy considers when courts will allow parties to change experts

ASBOS
HEARSAY EVIDENCE
MEANING OF LIVING ACCOMMODATION
SENTENCING
Evidence and procedure
Statutory provisions

Periodical payments >>
Abuse and recovery >>
Second actions >>

Ross Risby explains why and when courts are willing to widen a broker’s duty

The UK is a nation of dog lovers, but for how much longer? Trevor Cooper says the affair may be coming to an end

Ling Ong analyses an exceptional case of attribution in the context of an insurance policy exclusion clause

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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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