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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7500

08 February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins looks behind the scenes of Slater & Gordon’s recent buy-out

Is the small claims court so bad, asks Peter Thompson QC

When should junior court proceedings be stayed in favour of the High Court, asks Felicia Epstein

Patrick Allen joins the debate over whiplash claims

Tony Marks & Jonathan Tecks introduce a new family member

Siobhan Jones recounts the rise (& fall) of the “protester squatter”

Susan Nash considers the latest human rights developments

Nick Young & Richard Holden picture a post-euro debt landscape

Alstom Transport v Eurostar International Ltd [2012] EWHC 28 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 173 (Jan)
Chancery Division, Roth J, 20 Jan 2012

Schmitt v Deichmann and others [2012] EWHC 62 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 177 (Jan)

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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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