THIS ISSUE
In brief
In brief
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Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No 4) Order 2007 (SI 2007/2518)
In brief
Fee earners should be trained on the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, says Catherine Ball
BAA was a misunderstood and misrepresented injunction, say Tim Lawson-Cruttenden and Lacie Kerner
R v Currie [2007] EWCA Crim 926, [2007] All ER (D) 233 (Apr)
Yarrow v Edwards Chartered Accountants [2007] All ER (D) 118 (Aug)
R v Myers and another [2007] EWCA Crim 599, [2007] All ER (D) 241 (Feb)
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
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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