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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7438

21 October 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Pre-nuptial agreements are legally binding, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark ruling on divorce.

As the coalition government began to burn the quangos last week, among the ashes can be found the office of chief coroner.

Many commentators have reflected that the trade in cases, especially those of accident victims, between lawyers and referrers is unseemly, if not downright dodgy.

Charles Pigott explains why wide reaching equality laws cover arbitrators to plumbers

In the first of a regular series of updates, Clare Renton provides an overview of the most influential international & EU cases of 2010

Brian Goodwin reflects on the EL Trigger ruling

Loss of profit on a sub-sale: who pays? Christopher Warenius reports

Tackling the traffickers—a role for civil recovery orders, asks Paul Yates

Peter Vaines measures up on BPR, income splitting & doormats

Pieretti v London Borough of Enfield [2010] EWCA Civ 1104, [2010] All ER (D) 96 (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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