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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7512

03 May 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Dominic Regan is alarmed by the undoing of the Jackson proposals

David Corker advocates removing the dishonesty element from the criminal cartel offence

Eugene Wojciechowski & Clare Arthurs predict how an Olympian summer could affect the workplace

Philip Waller traces the changing face of family law

Roger Harris follows the plight of personal injury claimants

Are future rents payable as an expense in administration, ask Adam Rosenthal & Joseph Ollech

Jamie Potter questions the “absolute” exemptions to disclosure under FIA 2000

Tom Deegan, Eric Lin & Bree Miechel highlight the legal considerations surrounding the growing investment in shale gas

R (on the application of Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court [2012] EWCA Civ 420, [2012] All ER (D) 18 (Apr)

Perenicova and another v SOS financ spol. s.r.o.: C-453/10, [2012] All ER (D) 99 (Apr)

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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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