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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7486

20 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Court of Appeal rules on landmark UK costs case

Alec Samuels examines the law surrounding the length of parliamentary terms

Geoffrey Bindman QC examines the furore behind “catgate"

Dominic Regan visits the case of the winner who lost to the loser who won

Is civil recovery effective in settling overseas corruption investigations, asks David Corker

Charles Pigott reports on soaring retirement ages

Nathaniel Duckworth & Daniel Robinson on how to sidestep potential pitfalls in enfranchisement claims.

Laura Bednall tells a cautionary tale of international surrogacy

Stewart Duffy examines the standard of proof before regulators of the healthcare professions

Do exclusion or limitation of liability clauses apply to cases of deliberate repudiatory breach, ask Ceri Morgan & Melanie Shefford

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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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