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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7476

27 July 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Halsbury's Law Exchange blogger Simon Hetherington reports on the inspection of Tinsley House immigration centre

Jon Robins investigates the latest challenges to hit clinical negligence lawyers

Dominic Regan wades into the debate over referral fees

Stephen Hockman QC returns to the controversy of privacy, parliament & the courts

Ian Smith enters into the tussle between employment law & human rights

Mariko Wilson & Kim Beatson examine financial relief following marital breakdown in an overseas jurisdiction

Rehana Azib reviews recent developments in personal injury claims

Elizabeth Cooke & Colin Oakley shed some light on the Law Commission’s project on appurtenant rights

When does the First-tier Tribunal have a supervisory jurisdiction, ask Charles Brasted & Jamie Potter

Dr Ann Brady considers the role of mediation across the EU

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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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