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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7486

20 October 2011
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The 57th CPR update was effective (well, almost all of it) on 1 October 2011, incorporating the Civil Procedure (Amendment No 2) Rules 2011 (SI 2011/1979)...

Minmar Ltd and another v Khalatschi and another [2011] EWHC 1159 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 99 (Oct)

Seaton v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] UKUT 297 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 87 (Oct)

Jalocha v Judicial Authority of Poland [2011] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

R (on the application of Aguilar Quila) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of Bibi) v Secretary of State of the Home Department [2011] UKSC 45, [2011] All ER (D) 98 (Oct)

R (on the application of Bailey and others) v Brent London Borough Council [2011] EWHC 2572 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 123 (Oct)

Metacre Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and another [2011] EWHC 2271 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 88 (Oct)

Roder UK Ltd v Titan Marquees Ltd and others [2011] EWCA Civ 1126, [2011] All ER (D) 93 (Oct)
Court of Appeal, Civil Division, Longmore, Hallett and Black LJJ, 12 Oct 2011

James O’Connell feels a sense of déjà vu over alternative business structures

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

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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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