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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7517

06 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene warns of the danger of focusing on the cost of legal services

Deborah Evans questions the rationale behind the proposed portal extension

Rob Weir QC & Vijay Ganapathy examine a parent company’s liability to an employee of its subsidiary

David Regan takes the reins of the debate surrounding liability for horse-related injuries

Geraldine Morris advises a cautious approach to clean-break orders

They have just become more readily available. The High Court and county courts are now empowered to make a charging order without any default under an instalment judgment...

Khawar Qureshi QC highlights the key Arbitration Act 1996 decisions in 2011

R (on the application of KM) (by his mother and litigation friend) v Cambridgeshire County Council [2012] UKSC 23, [2012] All ER (D) 254 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Charman and another [2012] EWHC 1448 (Fam), [2012] All ER (D) 256 (May)

Disclosure control: are you ready for the big bang next year, asks HH Judge Simon Brown QC

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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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