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New CPR 31.5A looks set to shake up the disclosure process in England & Wales, reports Garry Bernstein

Hodge M Malek QC weighs up the pros & cons of disclosure

The latest on PI damages & the interview of a lifetime

Courts continue to wrestle with the thorny issue of contract construction, as Ian Pease reports

Lawyers & citizens suffer from the rush to legislate, says Daniel Greenberg

Audley Sheppard & Jo Delaney welcome moves towards a less interventionist approach by Indian courts

Some criminal advocates only change their speeches to the jury and some family legal aid counsel can only afford to change their shirts once a year

Patrick Allen calls for urgent investment in information technology for the civil courts’ system

Michael Zander QC considers an unusual judicial decision

Unless you are only just back from Mars or Stratford, you will be aware that general damages in personal injury tort cases are rising by 10% with effect from 1 April 2013

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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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