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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7491

22 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Foggia - Sociedade Gestora de Participacoes Sociais SA v Secretario de Estado dos Assuntos Fiscais: C-126/10 [2011] All ER (D) 134 (Nov)

Standard Bank Plc v Bin Issa Al Jaber [2011] EWHC 2866 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 117 (Nov)

R (on the application of Green) v Gloucestershire County Council; R (on the application of Rowe and another) v Somerset County Council [2011] EWHC 2687 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 111 (Nov)

Manning and another v King’s College Hospital NHS Trust [2011] EWHC 2954 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 97 (Nov)

JSC BTA Bank v Shalabayev and another [2011] EWHC 2915 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 94 (Nov)

Seven Licensing Company Sarl and another company v FFG-Platinum SA and other companies [2011] EWHC 2967 (Comm), [2011] All ER (D) 125 (Nov)

Chris Pamplin looks at the extent to which an expert witness’s evidence might be affected by
earlier exposure to information

Simon Love & Tom Hunter provide a practitioner’s guide to litigants in person

Dominic Regan is driven to distraction by famous delinquents

Ministry of Justice shake-up to broaden judicial pool

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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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