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CPR PD 52 arrives; Demanding abroad; Video review; Counsel clashes.

‘Cappuccino to declare’; Court of Protection Rules, OK?; Shy on Fraud; New FPRs.

Francis Kendall explains how judges may need to rethink how they assess costs following May v Wavell

Lawyers have been urged to make their views known on proposals to introduce major reforms to disclosure, ahead of a potential pilot in the Business and Property Courts

It’s been one problem after another so far, but Chris Owen remains optimistic about the future for collective redress

Dominic Regan questions why (five years on) the new proportionality test can still be a mystery

David Wright on escaping from the fixed costs regime

David Burrows reviews Sir James Munby’s tenure as president & his impact on family law

Kathryn Garbett & Mehmet Karagoz discuss malicious prosecution of civil claims & analyse Willers v Joyce

Simon Anderson discusses the elastic limitation period post-Carroll

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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
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)
Peter Kandler’s honorary KC marks long-overdue recognition of a man who helped prise open a closed legal world. In NLJ this week, Roger Smith, columnist and former director of JUSTICE, traces how Kandler founded the UK’s first law centre in 1970, challenging a profession that was largely seen as 'fixers for the rich and apologists for criminals'
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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