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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7631

21 November 2014

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Aster Healthcare Ltd v Estate of Shafi [2014] EWCA Civ 1350, [2014] All ER (D) 287 (Oct)

Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2014] UKSC 55, [2014] All ER (D) 328 (Oct)

Fiona Trust & Holding Corporation and others v Privalov and others [2014] EWHC 3102 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 61 (Oct)

Standard Chartered Bank v Dorchester LNG (2) Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 1382, [2014] All ER (D) 273 (Oct)

As the Modern Slavery Bill passes through Parliament, Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls early abolition struggles

Firm hires international insurance partner

New construction solicitor joins expanding firm

Stone King lawyer elected head of international legal commission

Franchising specialist joins specialist IP & intangible assets firm

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Conveyancers celebrate U-turn over mortgage handbook fee

Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook

Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

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)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

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

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

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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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7631

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison