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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7708

22 July 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Claire Pennells & Masood Ahmed examine the application of CPR 44.2 in cases of group litigation

Canal and River Trust v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2016] EWHC 1547 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 48 (Jul)

Broadview Energy Developments Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2016] EWCA Civ 562, [2016] All ER (D) 46 (Jul)

Cartier International AG and others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and others (The Open Rights Group intervening) [2016] EWCA Civ 658, [2016] All ER (D) 30 (Jul)

Amoena (UK) Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] UKSC 41, [2016] All ER (D) 56 (Jul)

Matthew Channon & Lucy McCormick consider the challenges that driverless cars are posing for the insurance industry

Adrian Jack reports on the current consultation into civil appeal reform

Solicitors are strongly committed to continuing training, says Stephen Honey

Joanne Owers & Paul McFarlane on the spectre of a single employment court

Re X (A Child) (No 2) (reporting restriction orders: guidance) [2016] EWHC 1668 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 47 (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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