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Kerry Underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Kerry Underwood recommends some summer reading & top tips for the new Lord Chancellor

A play by Kerry Underwood

Costs orders: who pays & when, asks Kerry Underwood

    Kerry Underwood examines qualified one-way costs shifting

    Kerry Underwood assesses guideline hourly rates

    Kerry Underwood discusses proportionality in costs

    Kerry Underwood concludes his 60th birthday tour with a master class on small claims, portals & Pt 36

    Why is everyone ignoring the obvious when it comes to ABSs? Kerry Underwood can’t hide his disbelief

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Clarke Willmott—Declan Goodwin & Elinor Owen

    Clarke Willmott—Declan Goodwin & Elinor Owen

    Corporate and commercial teams in Cardiff boosted by dual partner hire

    Hill Dickinson—Joz Coetzer & Marc Naidoo

    Hill Dickinson—Joz Coetzer & Marc Naidoo

    London hires to lead UK launch of international finance team

    Switalskis—11 promotions

    Switalskis—11 promotions

    Firm marks start of year with firmwide promotions round

    NEWS
    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 next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sport, from recruitment and training to officiating and fan engagement. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys at Law explains how AI now influences everything from injury prevention to tactical decisions, with clubs using tools such as ‘TacticAI’ to gain competitive edges
    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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