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Civil way: 19 February 2018

19 February 2018 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 7778 / Categories: Features , Civil way , Procedure & practice
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Free searches; hurry!; CPR welcome; Reclaiming after strike out; Tell the truth.

RAGBAG

Do they, don’t they? The Land Registry can tell you of 3.3m properties in England and Wales owned by UK companies and corporations and overseas companies. The data including address and price paid is now accessible free of charge. Go to https://data.landregistry.gov.uk to register. Worthwhile if considering litigation or wishing to identify a place at which the enforcement agent or bailiff can seize or in respect of which a charging order application can be made. Or perhaps you’re just b…..y nosey. For the moment, you may need to qualify as a data scientist to open up more than around one-third of the rows of data for UK companies and corporations but they’re working on this.

Welch voice for CPR The Civil Procedure Act 1997 (Amendment) Order 2017 (SI 2017/1148) in force from 19 December 2017 allows appointment to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee of a judge who knows their

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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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