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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7609

06 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene ponders the benefits of adopting a less adversarial & more international approach to litigation

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss presidential guidance

Natasha Phillips underlines the importance of mortgage capacity assessments in divorce proceedings

Does parliamentary privilege extend to the extra-parliamentary repetition of evidence previously given before a select committee? Neil Parpworth reports

Ian Gascoigne & Nicola Daniels consider international dimensions to the service conundrum

Agreeing extensions, save ££££££s online & consumers growing stronger

Groarke v Fontaine [2014] EWHC 1676 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 186 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Winnington Networks Ltd and another company [2014] EWHC 1259 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 207 (May)

R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 708, [2014] All ER (D) 212 (May)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v TH and another [2014] EWCOP 4, [2014] All ER (D) 209 (May)

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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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