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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7434

23 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Susan Nash reports on corruption, ethnic insults & surveillance

Rod Lambert & Christopher Reekie revisit Directors’ Disqualification Orders

Veronica Bailey explains the reasoning behind the ECJ’s decision to rule out privilege for in-house counsel

So what do you know? Hildebrand v Hildebrand [1992] 1 FLR 244 wasn’t quite what it was cooked up to be.

Zoi Chatzi v Ipourgos Ikonomikon C-149/10, [2010] All ER (D) 84 (Sep)

Akzo Nobel Chemicals Ltd and another v European Commission C-550/07 P, [2010] All ER (D) 72 (Sep)

Is the end in sight for expert witness immunity? Dr Chris Pamplin considers the evidence

Mark Solon taps into the world of experts’ discussions

Steven O’Sullivan provides some tips on how to reduce exposure to claims

Alan Waller offers some tips on how to reduce the risk of inaccurate carbon reporting

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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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