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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7312

13 March 2008
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Kosmar Villa Holidays plc v Trustees of Syndicate 1243 [2008] EWCA Civ 147, [2008] All ER (D) 448 (Feb)

Webb v Airbus UK Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 49, [2008] All ER (D) 94 (Feb)

R v Rose; R v Whitwam [2008] EWCA Crim 239, [2008] All ER (D) 314 (Feb)

R (on the application of Choudhry) v Birmingham Crown Court [2007] EWHC 2764 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 417 (Oct)

Giles v Rhind [2008] EWCA Civ 118, [2008] All ER (D) 410 (Feb)

Haigh v First West Yorkshire Ltd t/a First Leeds [2008] EWCA Civ, [2008] All ER (D) 207 (Jan)

Wasa International Insurance Co Ltd v Lexington Insurance Co [2008] EWCA Civ 150, [2008] All ER (D) 433 (Feb)

Olafsson v Gissurarson [2008] EWCA Civ 152, [2008] All ER (D) 11 (Mar)

How will a new code of practice affect the rights of money
laundering suspects? asks William Chapman
 

The Law Society has applied to the European Court of Justice for leave to intervene in the Akzo Nobel case, an appeal against a recent judgment that legal professional privilege does not cover communications between company personnel and in-house lawyers during EU cartel investigations.

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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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