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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7321

15 May 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

L-J Patterson continues her series on unique women who have forged significant pathways through our legal landscape and turns the spotlight on Madeleine Heggs

Mediation: protection by privilege and confidentiality? by Tony Allen

The Burden sisters could not have won their case without unravelling some of the fundamentals of the tax system, says Julian Washington

Jennifer James turns the tables on her judicial colleagues…and exposes some idiosyncrasies of the system

News

News

Corr (Administratrix of Corr decd) v IBC Vehicles Ltd [2008] UKHL 13, [2008] All ER (D) 386 (Feb)

R v Lamaletie [2008] EWCA Crim 314, [2008] All ER (D) 425 (Feb)

Richards v National Probation Service [2007] All ER (D) 454 (Nov)

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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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