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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7495

04 January 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

The Bar Standards Board has reappointed its chair, baroness Ruth Deech, for a further three-year term.

The Legal Services Commission (LSC) has recruited chief executive, Matthew Coats, who arrives from the UK Border Agency (UKBA).

Roger Smith gets the juice on lemon law, landmarks & lectures

David Burrows examines the approach of the court to enforcement of ante- & post-nuptial agreements

Charles Pigott reports on sick workers, holidays & the small print

Caste discrimination has shed its cloak of invisibility, says Annapurna Waughray

Realpolitik, not injustice, will determine UK extradition policy, says Andrew Smith

George Hobson & Malcolm Dowden report on solar vulnerability

The Ministry of Justice plans to respond to the ongoing consultation on High Court and Court of Appeal fee hikes...

Paul Wainwright & Dr Mark Friston provide a practical guide to costs budgeting

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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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