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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7401

20 January 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

As I ripped into the report it soon became clear that the man had pulled it off.

Lord Justice Jackson’s final report certainly lived up to expectations that it would be controversial.

Lord Justice Jackson’s final report on costs in civil cases was warmly welcomed last week by the master of the rolls, Lord Neuberger, whose predecessor had set up the review

Ian Smith examines religious & philosophical conundrums & provides some light relief

Without prejudice: when is the privilege overridden? David Burrows reports

Keith Patten on the trials of discretion

Are possession orders or injunctions the answer to threatened trespass? asks Malcolm Dowden

The measurement tail is now wagging the dog, say Keith Soothill & Brian Francis

Michael Anderson & Alison Last report on the complexities of the Thin Cap legislation

Janna Purdie highlights how EU judgments can interfere in arbitration proceedings

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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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