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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7546

31 January 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Eckerle and others v Wickeder Westfalenstahl GmbH and another [2013] EWHC 68 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 150 (Jan)

R (on the application of Sharmilla and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; and other appeals [2013] EWCA Civ 8, [2013] All ER (D) 122 (Jan)

Re Y (a child) (abduction: undertakings given for return of child) [2013] All ER (D) 133 (Jan)

Spectrum Brands (UK) Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) T-544/11, [2013] All ER (D) 156 (Jan)

Kell v Jones and others [2012] Lexis Citation 115, [2013] All ER (D) 153 (Jan)

R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another [2013] UKSC 1, [2013] All ER (D) 146 (Jan)

KC v MGN Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 3, [2013] All ER (D) 140 (Jan)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Legal professional privilege is for lawyers only

A landmark Court of Appeal costs case "gives litigants carte blanche to ignore the new rules", costs lawyers and defendant lawyers have said.

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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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