header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7520

28 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

In the first of two articles, Jon Holbrook considers the new local authority flexible tenancy scheme

Joint Stock Company Aeroflot Russian Airlines v Berezovsky and others [2012] EWHC 1610 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 115 (Jun)

F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd and others v Barthelemy and another [2012] EWCA Civ 843, [2012] All ER (D) 145 (Jun)

BH (AP) and another v Lord Advocate and another (Scotland); KAS or H (AP) v Lord Advocate and another (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 24, [2012] All ER (D) 126 (Jun)

Wuhan Guoyu Logistics Group Co Ltd and another company v Emporiki Bank of Greece SA [2012] EWHC 1715 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 142 (Jun)

Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2012] EWHC 1599 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 102 (Jun)

Is expert witness hot-tubbing the future, asks Mark Solon

Chris Pamplin & Bernard Kat clarify the meaning of the term “psychologist”

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger James Wilson ponders the morality of tax avoidance

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

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
back-to-top-scroll