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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7314

27 March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Community Legal Service (Financial) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/658)

Alex Craig examines how the case of Peter Pan might impact on the future of copyright protection

ENTICO CORPORATION LTD v UNITED NATIONS,
EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER,
D v H

Offender Management Act 2007 (Establishment of Probation Trusts) Order 2008 (SI 2008/598)

Edwina Millward is optimistic that the Ministry of Justice can benefit both the prison service and the courts

News

Anthony Judge offers some practical advice to negotiating the minefield of insolvency purchasing

Town and Country Planning (Determination of Appeals by Appointed Persons) (Prescribed Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/595)

The NLJ Column

Assisted reproduction is leading the law on parentage into confusion, says Sheena Parry

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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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