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Civil way: 26 June 2015

26 June 2015
Issue: 7658 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Loving LIPs; the matrimonial dog; contact interventions: a taster; & revised CPR forms.

GOING ON GREEN

Yes, it is green. The cover of the latest At a Glance just published by the Family Law Bar Association. Still, practitioners cannot seek family remedies without it. The colour is certainly an improvement on last year’s orange. What concerns me is whether an order barked by advocate to mini pupil or trainee to “Bring The Green Book” may promote something quite different.

Unlike the other same coloured work, this one has jokes and they can be found in the preface. Not so much stand up but more sit down with a glass of vintage wine carrying a bouquet of Mostyn J but I may be wrong. The principal humour is about pets and is inspired by the Law Society’s initiative in encouraging spouses to enter into pre-nuptial agreements regarding their care and upkeep. Like some judgments, this joke goes on too long and ends with a promise to incorporate a Pets Care Costs Corner in a future edition once

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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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