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Rothera Dowson Legal 500

14 October 2011
Issue: 7485 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Nottingham based firm Rothera Dowson has retained its place in the Legal 500, receiving recommendations for seven areas of its work.

Entries were also received for the firm’s family, charities, agriculture and estates, commercial property, commercial litigation and personal tax, trusts and probate departments.

Partner Ann-Marie Bowman was described as being “excellent for children matters” and divorce solicitor Lorna Sear was highlighted for her “sensitive but practical” manner. Collaborative lawyer Paul Cobb was also singled out for his “top-drawer service” and “understated, reassuring presence”.
 

Issue: 7485 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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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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