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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7521

05 July 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

A Family Procedure Rules 2010 PD 33A warning and acknowledgment as to the consequences of breach of an undertaking...

County court counters will be closed from 2pm instead of 4pm in the London group of courts between 16 July and 31 August 2012 so that staff can manage the workload during the busy summer leave period

Some courts more than others seem determined to case-manage business lease new tenancy claims with vigour...

If the court declines to approve a child settlement for damages on a CPR Pt 8 approval–only claim...

Is a legal executive or paralegal entitled to represent a party to a small claim on the final hearing?

In what circumstances can a county court possession order of a dwelling be enforced in the High Court...

Where the parties are involved in both divorce financial remedies and Children Act 1989 proceedings...

Fairclough Homes Ltd v Summers [2012] UKSC 26, [2012] All ER (D) 179 (Jun)

Carboex SA v Louis Dreyfus Commodities Suisse SA [2012] EWCA Civ 838, [2012] All ER (D) 120 (Jun)

Re a Company 8097 of 2011 [2012] All ER (D) 163 (Jun)

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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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