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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7636

16 January 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

A recent report illustrates the pressures facing the growing number of litigants in person, says Jon Robins

When can disciplinary procedures be instigated & what process applies? Shane Crawford reports

What constitutes a fair public consultation following the Moseley judgment, asks Andrew Eaton

NRAM plc v McAdam and another [2014] EWHC 4174 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 125 (Dec)

Moohan and another v Lord Advocate [2014] UKSC 67, [2014] All ER (D) 186 (Dec)

R (on the application of Unison (no. 2)) v Lord Chancellor (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2014] EWHC 4198 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 178 (Dec)

Re R (A child) [2014] EWCA Civ 1625, [2014] All ER (D) 179 (Dec)

Ibrahim and others v UK (App. Nos. 50541/08, 50571/08, 50573/08 and 40351/09), [2014] All ER (D) 163 (Dec)

Charalambous and another v NG and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1604, [2014] All ER (D) 175 (Dec)

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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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