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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7359

05 March 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

CPR 36.11 provides that if a Pt 36 offer is accepted, the claim will be stayed...

David Burrows questions why magistrates' courts are reluctant to scrutinise liability orders

Part four: Checking the credentials of experts is vital, says Mark Solon

Landmark case outlaws “irrational” over 35 age limit

RB (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10, [2009] All ER (D) 200 (Feb) OO (Jordan) v Secretary of State,

Martin Porter QC comments on a ruling which will send shivers down the spines of cyclists

Mark Hoyle & Cecily Crampin discuss multinational enforcement of new judgments on old debts

Has Matuszowicz reset the clock for employers dealing with DDA 1995 claims? Tom Poole reports

Szilagyi v Protectacoat Firthglow Ltd [2009] EWCA Civ 98, [2009] All ER (D) 208 (Feb)

Seeking possession under grounds 8, 10 & 11 for rent arrears. Michael Walsh explains

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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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