No, vaughant has it right mate, there is nothing holding the cv joint back (clips etc). As i stated in my first post, and vaughant says, the inner joint is just held in the cup by the fact it's attached through the hub and that is a fixed point on the wishbone. Remove the lower ball joint, undo the cv rubber boot clip and it just pulls out easily, nothing clipping or holding it in the cup.

Regarding the clip for the slave cylinder hose, it's just a sprung clip that you need to pull out with a small screwdriver, no circlip pliers needed. Just make sure you clamp the hose first. Bleeding with a vacuum pump is great, just make sure (as I said) you keep it properly topped up as it'll quickly reach a point it'll suck air from the fluid reservoir with a vacuum bleeder. I used a vacuum bleeder on this one I did and it struggled for a bit, so I gave it some decent pressure and it sucked out a load of white sludge and cleared it, pedal feels great now!

Oh, and just take a look at the gear linkage orientation when removing because fit it back slightly twisted and you'll not get all the gears (depending on which way it's twisted)