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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7778

26 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Free searches; hurry!; CPR welcome; Reclaiming after strike out; Tell the truth.

Richard Harrison considers the practicalities & legalities of ‘coming off the record’

UK higher education & Brexit—Hilary Aldred asks if there is any silver lining

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Paul McClorry discusses jurisdiction in claims which occur in countries outside of the EU

How will Brexit affect the flow of EU students to UK universities? Matthew Homewood & Simon Boyes share their predictions

Alec Samuels reflects on a war that has not yet been won

Breaking (new) law: David Burrows reports on the challenges of Re M (Children)

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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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