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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7343

14 October 2009

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Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Khawaja [2008] EWHC 1687 (Ch), [2008] All ER (D) 227 (Jul)

How does the law help borrowers locked into uncompetitive deals? Paul Beevers reports

Reinwood Ltd v L Brown & Sons Ltd [2008] EWCA Civ 1090, [2008] All ER (D) 177 (Oct)

Peter Taylor delves into why cases involving asbestos are now such a hot topic

Part one: Erich Suter reports on the move towards enforced mediation

Chris Parr details how to win clients and influence people

IPCO (Nigeria) Ltd v Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [2008] EWCA Civ 1157, [2008] All ER (D) 197 (Oct)

Government seeking to reduce burden on statutory schemes

Gregory Mitchell QC examines security for costs against insolvent companies

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

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)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

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

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

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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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7343

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison