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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7710

05 August 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Foster v McNicol (sued on behalf of all other members of the Labour Party except the Claimant and the Second Defendant) and another [2016] EWHC 1966 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 162 (Jul)

Deutsche Bahn AG and others v MasterCard Incorporated and other companies [2016] CAT 13, [2016] All ER (D) 02 (Aug)

Richard Harrison reflects on how an instructing solicitor would have interpreted Lord Goldsmith’s opinion on the legality of the Iraq war

Bailey and another v Angove’s Pty Ltd [2016] UKSC 47, [2016] All ER (D) 147 (Jul) [2016] EWHC 1786 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 01 (Aug)

Hayward v Zurich Insurance Company plc [2016] UKSC 48, [2016] All ER (D) 138 (Jul)

Grenville Holden Hampshire v Board of the Pension Protection Fund [2016] EWCA Civ 786, [2016] All ER (D) 163 (Jul)

Neil Parpworth takes stock of where we are at in relation to human rights reform

Will the streamlining of appeal procedure make England and Wales a more or less attractive forum for litigation than it is now, ask Michael Roberts & Giles Hutt

Alyson Coulson looks at the current IHT & probate situation & whether Brexit will have any effect

Bahamas Oil Refining Company International Ltd v Owners of the Cape Bari Tankschiffahrts GMBH & Co KG (Bahamas) [2016] UKPC 20, [2016] All ER (D) 125 (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
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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