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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7445

08 December 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has just completed the first ever analysis of the appointment of solicitors to judicial roles.

Television courtroom broadcasting remains controversial...

Bribery is rumoured to be rife in sport...

Susan Nash reflects on the significance
of recent human rights judgments

In the first of two articles, Jane Mayfield considers the rationale behind the IoD’s new corporate governance framework

Feast or famine: Another Good Harvest? Siobhan Jones reports

Dominic Regan assesses the Birmingham costs management pilot scheme

Theo Huckle reports on industrial diseases & employer liability

What hope for outcomes focused regulation? Michael Garson reports

Keith Patten applauds the courts’ efforts to uphold Parliament’s intention for s 33

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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
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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