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Law digests: 10 July 2020

08 July 2020
Issue: 7894 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Anonymity

PQ (a child proceeding by her father and litigation friend) v An NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1662 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 137 (Jun)

An anonymity order was made, concerning a liability only trial in which the court was asked to determine whether or not the defendant NHS Trust was liable to pay the claimant damages for alleged breach of duty, arising out of the circumstances of the claimant’s birth. The Queen’s Bench Division held that the limited derogation from the principle of open justice in the press not being able to report the claimant’s name was more than offset by the correlative ability to report the proceedings from start to finish, including both liability and quantum.


Children & young persons

Re A (surrogacy: s 54 criteria) M v F and others [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam), [2020] All ER (D) 141 (Jun)

The mere fact that the applicants, who were the biological mother and father of a child

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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
Law students and graduates can now apply to qualify as solicitors and barristers with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
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
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