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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7483

27 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

AA v United Kingdom (App No 8000/08), [2011] All ER (D) 112 (Sep)

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council v Watson and another [2011] EWHC 2376 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 89 (Sep)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington examines the latest controversial decision of the ECtHR in light of plans to reform the court

Landmark trademark infringement ruling over search engine keyword

MoJ faces two court actions over proposed cuts

Two drinks giants must share a trademark in the UK, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled

The Ministry of Defence has said it will compensate families of victims of the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry’s Bogside in 1972 during a civil rights march

Small law firms have struggled to pay their professional indemnity insurance premiums ahead of this week's deadline

Increase in recruitment of business development managers

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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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