THIS ISSUE
Senior judges, City lawyers and caseworkers working in frontline services were among more than 15,000 people taking part in this year’s London Legal Walk.
A proposed Home Office investigation into claims of systemic abuse at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is insufficient, the High Court has held.
The outstanding caseload in the UK’s tribunals has increased by 8% on this time last year, driven by an increase in employment tribunal claims.
Bryan Clark reflects on oversupply in the market & commends the Civil Justice Council proposals for change
Mediators will be pleased to find judges taking the broad view of ‘without prejudice’ privilege, says Tony Allen
The Supreme Court is heading to Wales on 22-25 July, and invites members of the public and media to attend its hearings.
Very few discrimination victims are getting the representation they need in courts and tribunals, an Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report, ‘Legal aid for victims of discrimination’, has found.
A Latvian national living in the UK since 2008 was entitled to state pension credit from October 2012, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled, in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze [2019] UKSC 31
The famous Adidas three-stripe branding is not a valid trademark because it lacks a distinctive character, the European Court of Justice has ruled, in adidas AG v EUIPO (Case T-307/17)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
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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