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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7663

31 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

CILEx examines why employers are embracing on-the-job training

The issues of information & consultation on collective redundancies have been revisited, observes John McMullen

The Bar Standards Board considers what could be the most sweeping reforms to barristers’ training in a generation

WW v HW [2015] EWHC 1844 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 167 (Jul)

Nigel Tomlinson explains why law firms need to rewrite their professional development & training programmes

Woods Building Services v Milton Keynes Council [2015] EWHC 2011 (TCC), [2015] All ER (D) 182 (Jul)

R (on the Application of AM) v General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 2096 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 208 (Jul)

Martin Burns underlines the importance of committing to continuous learning & development

Hunt v North Somerset Council [2015] UKSC 51, [2015] All ER (D) 230 (Jul)

Coventry and others v Lawrence and another [2015] UKSC 50, [2015] All ER (D) 234 (Jul)

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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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