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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Thomas Guise solicitors has appointed Rosie Cockrell to the position of solicitor following her successful completion of the legal practitioners course.

The Queen has approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir (Roger) John Laugharne Thomas as president of the Queen’s Bench Division with effect from 3 October 2011.

Eversheds has announced that it will expand in Hamburg in October 2011, building on its full service offering in Germany.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has made two promotions to its equity partnership: Richard Burger and Alison Clarke.

Dominic Regan salutes the welcome return of Part 36

Craig Barlow & Jason Hadden question the government’s blanket ban on prisoner voting

David Renton examines how the Working Time Regulations apply to mobile workers

Are Kate & William out of step with the majority of today’s couples? Charlotte Posnansky reports

Kenneth Warner examines causation & industrial disease

Christopher Warenius ponders the nature of expert determinations

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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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