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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7548

12 February 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Roger Smith considers courts & constitutions

Craig Rose applauds the sensitive approach taken to settle AI v MT

Ian Smith considers apportioning liability between respondents & the correct approach to Polkey

Geraldine Morris examines the issues of occupation rent & equitable accounting in cohabitant cases

Kari S Carstairs & Nicholas Tubb explore the implications of a proposed new diagnosis of a pathological grief reaction for PI claims

Nicholas Bevan explains why national law shouldn’t be permitted to undermine the effectiveness of Community law

Tenants should beware of outstanding rent reviews & any potential liability, as Ruby Dalal & Malcolm Dowden explain

Julian Copeman investigates the impact of the Prudential case on legal advice privilege

Manchester Ship Canal Company Ltd and another v United Utilities Water plc [2013] EWCA Civ 40, [2013] All ER (D) 72 (Feb)

Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG I. Ins v CMA CGM [2013] EWHC 171 (Comm), [2013] All ER (D) 68 (Feb)

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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
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
The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice
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