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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7575

13 September 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins takes little solace from the government’s recent U-turn on legal aid reform

Transfer problems in professional indemnity insurance market

A NHS Trust v Dr A [2013] EWHC 2442 (COP), [2013] All ER (D) 07 (Sep)

Baker v Hallam Estates Ltd and another [2013] EWHC 2668 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 40 (Sep)

Coulson v Department for Work and Pensions UKEAT/0572/12/LA, [2013] All ER (D) 31 (Sep)

Standing charge falls over...

Boutique and US firms gaining market share

Rogers and another v Hoyle [2013] EWHC 1409 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 21 (Sep)

Carr v Penman [2013] EWHC 2679 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 18 (Sep)

Could mis-selling in the derivatives market be the PPI equivalent for small businesses? Charles Lazarevic reports

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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)
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
The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice
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