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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7335

04 September 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Wills and probate

Peter Vaines turns the spotlight on trading losses, unlawful dividends… and deep gains

The costs team at Kings Chambers explains the principles underlying protective costs orders

Does ACTA represent the death knell for piracy or an attack on civil liberties? asks Jane Foulser McFarlane

Some firms face falling into the bin of the “assigned risks pool”

Part 2: Jeremy Nixon reviews the law in relation to mitigation of loss

What happens when rights of way go wrong? James Naylor reports

Brent McDonald discusses recent cases involving negligence and statutory duty

Solicitors Regulation Authority promises to reform after report backlash

Should the Crown's powers be limited to prerogative and statute? Laura West and Jonathan Manning report

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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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