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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7286

16 August 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Ensuring the good governance of sports while keeping them autonomous is an unenviable task. Mike Morgan reports

In brief

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Morina [2007] EWCA Civ 749, [2007] All ER (D) 353 (Jul)

Richard Harrison suggests ways in which barristers can ensure repeat instructions from solicitors

R v El-Kurd [2007] EWCA Crim 1888, [2007] All ER (D) 424 (Jul)

R v Cole; R v Keets [2007] EWCA Crim 1924, [2007] All ER (D) 472 (Jul)

Barnes v St Helens MBC [2006] EWCA Civ 1372, [2007] 3 All ER 525

Re Times Newspapers Ltd [2007] EWCA Crim 1925, [2007] All ER (D) 473 (Jul)

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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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