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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7732

03 February 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Egeneonu v Egeneonu [2017] EWHC 43 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 69 (Jan)

Nicholas Griffin QC considers the CJEU Watson decision on UK surveillance law

 

Michael Zander QC picks out crucial passages from the Supreme Court judgment on the triggering of Art 50

Henry Hood discusses further developments in the interaction between bankruptcy & divorce cases

Petrosaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd v Novo Banco S.A. and others [2017] EWCA Civ 9, [2017] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

Brexit & other horizon scanning, by Enid Rowlands

Wood and another v TUI Travel plc (trading as First Choice) [2017] EWCA Civ 11, [2017] All ER (D) 53 (Jan)

Is the sharing of overseas pensions now at an end, asks Kerry Fretwell

Steve Foster examines press intrusion into celebrity privacy & the decision in Kaye v Robertson

Why has it taken so long for football sex abuse scandal to be uncovered, asks Richard Scorer

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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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