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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7658

26 June 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Re M’P-P (Children): (Adoption proceedings: value to be placed on status quo) [2015] EWCA Civ 584, [2015] All ER (D) 148 (Jun)

Loving LIPs; the matrimonial dog; contact interventions: a taster; & revised CPR forms.

R (on the application of IM and another) v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2015] EWHC 1706 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 152 (Jun)

RXDX (proceeding by his mother and litigation friend DXSX) v Northampton Borough Council [2015] EWHC 1677 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 167 (Jun)

Edward Heaton considers a surprising case that illustrates how difficult it is to run a successful add-back argument

BPE Solicitors and another v Gabriel [2015] UKSC 39, [2015] All ER (D) 179 (Jun)

Aspect Contracts (Asbestos) Ltd v Higgins Construction plc [2015] UKSC 38, [2015] All ER (D) 185 (Jun)

William Wood QC considers the challenges for mediation

Peter Causton considers the use of ADR for consumer disputes

In their final update, Richard Marshall , Nicole Finlayson & Clare Arthurs discuss the enforcement of an arbitration award

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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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