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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7459

30 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Southwark London Borough Council v IBM UK Ltd [2011] EWHC 653 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 261 (Mar)

Brook v Reed (trustee in bankruptcy of estate of Helen Brook) [2011] EWCA Civ 331, [2011] All ER (D) 290 (Mar)

Clyde & Co LLP and another v Van Winkelhof [2011] EWHC 668 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 270 (Mar)

Thaker v Solicitors Regulation Authority [2011] EWHC 660 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 251 (Mar)

Mujur Bakat SDN BHD and another company v Uni. Asia General Insurance Berhad and other companies [2011] EWHC 643 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 220 (Mar)

Kojima v HSBC Bank plc [2011] EWHC 611 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 249 (Mar)

Bayfine UK v HM Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] EWCA Civ 304, [2011] All ER (D) 266 (Mar)

I (by his next friend H) v E [2011] All ER (D) 269 (Mar)

Law firms must develop their entrepreneurial spirit & adapt to prosper, says Steven McNab

Dominic Regan, legal speaker, confesses all

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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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