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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

31 May 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Can refusal to grant a sex shop licence breach the applicant’s human rights? Nicholas Dobson investigates

Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green [2007] EWHC 1270 (QB)

More money and extra safeguards are needed to ensure the UK’s housing and regeneration projects reap the benefits that should arise from a new white paper, lawyers say.

An impending House of Lords’ case should provide guidance about the way husband and wife businesses may be taxed, says Richard Anderson

Marcan Shipping (London) Ltd v Candida Corporation [2007] EWCA Civ 463, [2007] All ER (D) 277 (May)

Lay v Drexler [2007] EWCA Civ 464, [2007] All ER (D) 318 (May)

Proposals to reform tribunals into a more efficient, independent and user-focused service have been published by the Tribunals Service (TS).

Framlington Group Ltd v Barnetson [2007] EWCA Civ 502, [2007] All ER (D) 429 (May)

R v Jones [2007] EWCA Crim 1118, [2007] All ER (D) 235 (May)

O’Hanlon v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 283, [2007] All ER (D) 516 (Mar

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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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