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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7509

03 April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

As the Co-op makes legal history, Jon Robins goes behind the scenes

Geoffrey Bindman QC condemns the government’s “compensation culture” campaign

Charlotte Stern reports on the latest TUPE developments

Award reduced in first civil-partnership dissolution to reach Court of Appeal

Dominic Regan hears the latest from Sir Rupert Jackson

Asbestos ruling restores causation for mesothelioma claims

Rise in parents abducting children overseas

Lawyers warn against government shake-up of planning policy

New practice direction on the citation of authorities from Lord Chief Justice

Rip-off traders & scam merchants targeted by Law Commissions

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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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