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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7619

15 August 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter consider whether obesity is a disability

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

Susan Bright & Lisa Whitehouse report on attempts to improve the eviction process

Tidal Energy Ltd v Bank of Scotland plc [2014] EWCA Civ 1107, [2014] All ER (D) 33 (Aug)

Re W (Children) [2014] EWFC 22, [2014] All ER (D) 25 (Aug)

DSD and another v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [2014] EWHC 2493 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 18 (Aug)

Wagenaar v Weekend Travel Ltd trading as Ski Weekend [2014] EWCA Civ 1105, [2014] All ER (D) 24 (Aug)

R (on the applicaton of Buer) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1109, [2014] All ER (D) 20 (Aug)

Hernández and others v Reino de España (Subdelegación del Gobierno de España en Alicante) and others C-198/13, [2014] All ER (D) 16 (Aug)

JXL and another v Britton [2014] EWHC 2571 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 22 (Aug)

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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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