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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7777

19 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Will proposed offences in the Data Protection Bill make criminals of us all? Stewart Duffy investigates

Are unconventional methods of will making about to become our everyday reality? Monika Byrska considers the options

Geoffrey Bindman explains why deceiving the court is not a good idea

A recent decision on billing comes under fire for generating unacceptable confusion 

Nicholas Dobson explores the reasons why Wireless Festival 2016 was a lawfully held event

It’s been one problem after another so far, but Chris Owen remains optimistic about the future for collective redress

It’s a family affair: Constance McDonnell presents a review of key contentious probate cases

David Greene hopes David Gauke is allowed to stay in the role long enough to make a difference

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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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