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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7684

29 January 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

News Group Newspapers Ltd and others v Metropolitan Police Commissioner [2015] UKIPTrib 14_176-H, [2016] All ER (D) 34 (Jan)

Roger Smith reports on the US legal aid situation

Developing a new skill set can give Chambers the edge in an increasingly competitive market, as Dr Marc K Peter explains

RMP Construction Services Ltd v Chalcroft Ltd [2015] EWHC 3737 (TCC), [2016] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

Donald Lambert & Elisabeth Mason examine the implication of contract terms & apportionment of rent

Ranse Howell & Andy Rogers discuss the dark art of negotiation

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter bust some myths surrounding the Barbulescu case

Thomas Roe QC discusses dissenting judgments

Rosa v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 14, [2016] All ER (D) 86 (Jan)

Alpstream AG and others v PK Airfinance Sarl and another [2015] EWCA Civ 1318, [2016] All ER (D) 05 (Jan)

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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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