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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7484

04 October 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene charts the latest developments in the legal services revolution

What will ABSs mean for legal aid firms? Jon Robins collects the views of those who are for & against deregulation

Are lawyers breaking the rules on costs & transparency? Michael Zander QC

Sinclair Cramsie & Clare Harrington unravel the complexities of relocating TUPE transferees

Caroline Lonsdale tackles the thorny issue of contact & the difficult parent

Skimping on compensation will fuel an increase in litigation & costs says Richard Scorer

Andrew Francis examines the reasonableness of standard conditions in property contracts

Rob Biddlecombe sniffs out recent nuisance developments

FSA v Alexander: playing the system, or manipulating the market, asks Simon Goldstone

Ruth Pratt & Janna Purdie provide an update on the recent changes to the civil procedure rules

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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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