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Mark Button details research which will help to map & rank alternative justice systems for fraud

Vanishing claims; legal advisers get judgy; & managing incurred costs.

David Pilling records the contributions & discussion points from Jackson LJ’s Manchester roadshow

Francis Kendall considers the impact of the falling pound on costs awards to European litigants

    More paper for non-moles; destroying a buffet; & Court of Appeal fix

    PI claims: keep out!; Master Kay’s room & How to lose a £43K deposit

    A claimant who launches litigation is expected to get on with it…pronto. Dominic Regan explains why below

    The variety of application of the laws of contempt are explained by David Burrows in the first of two articles on contempt in court

    Dominic Regan discusses the pendulum swing towards judicial intolerance

    Francis Kendall discusses the potential transformation of the justice system through fixed recoverable costs

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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)
    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
    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
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