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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7519

20 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Threlfall v ECD Insight Ltd and another [2013] EWCA Civ 1444, [2013] All ER (D) 195 (Nov)

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

Barbara Hewson considers the human rights surrounding home births

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden tackle contributions between co-respondents

David Burrows breaks the seal on Kim v Morris

Jonathan Aspinall juggles liability & apportionment

Tenant’s break options—what do you have to pay? By Mark Sefton & Oliver Radley-Gardener

Andrew Otchie discusses the technicalities & legal aspects of enforcing a judgment from a Commonwealth jurisdiction

Should mediators (& mediation) be trusted? Tony Allen reports

Louis Flannery exposes flaws in the Brussels Regulation

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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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