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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7389

13 October 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

Jane Mayfield reports on new filing arrangements for statements of capital

Should Tomlinson play a part in employer liability cases? Ravi Nayer investigates

What happens to lease renewal when the landlord is in administration? Malcolm Dowden reports

Claire O’Flinn considers the thorny issue of family relocation

Susan Nash relates tales of intrigue & subterfuge across the EU

Simon Young puts ABSs under the spotlight

Doegar v The Bar Standards Board, [2009] EWHC 2231 (Admin),[2009] All ER (D) 70 (Oct)

Thomson v Berkhamsted Collegiate School [2009] EWHC 2374 (QB), [2009] All ER (D) 39 (Oct)

McGuffick v Royal Bank of Scotland plc [2009] EWHC 2386 (Comm), [2009] All ER (D) 72 (Oct)

British Broadcasting Corporation v Sugar and another [2009] EWHC 2349 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 12 (Oct); British Broadcasting Corporation v Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 2348 (Admin), [2009] All ER (D) 10 (Oct)

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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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