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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7529

13 September 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Jennifer James mourns the end of a sporting season

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

HLE blogger James Wilson examines the controversy surrounding religion in the workplace

David Greene counts down to the civil justice “Big Bang”

Jon Robins pays tribute to an establishment maverick

RJW Slater & Gordon has announced the appointment of principal lawyer Margaret Heathcote to head its family practice’s London department

Nottingham law firm Rothera Dowson has appointed a new solicitor to its commercial litigation team

Stephens Scown LLP has strengthened its planning team in Truro with the appointment of two new planning lawyers

Appointment to Plexus professional indemnity team

Kirsty Heyes, from Bolton-based Keoghs, has been shortlisted for Young Fraud Investigator of the Year in this year’s Insurance Fraud Awards

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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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