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With time almost up for the UK to secure an agreement with the EU, a senior lawyer warned that, deal or no deal, ‘the outcome is not binary’

"What is valuable for law student and lawyer alike is that it considers all aspects of law making from ‘the Whitehall stage’ through the Westminster stage and provides insights into what actually happens in practice"

"The book is a brave attempt to provide statistical evidence showing that Supreme Court judgments are much more influenced by legal factors than by other factors"

Michael Zander believes that the Government will be forced to climb down on the Internal Market Bill

Planned legislation on secret agents and undercover officers creates a risk of state-sanctioned rape, murder and torture, MPs and Peers have warned

Lawyers have until 16 November 2020 to submit their views on what issues the government should focus on when it forms the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission

A Bill for the birds? Michael Zander on the UK Internal Market Bill’s rough ride in the Lords

Paul Henty provides an update on Brexit negotiations with the possibility of a ‘no-deal’ scenario looming large

The Public Law Project (PLP) has highlighted serious flaws in the parliamentary process for delegated legislation in the run-up to Brexit

The disturbing story of how the law came to support the trans-Atlantic slave trade is told in NLJ this week

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Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London

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Client account interest money-maker provokes concerns

Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

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Constitutional law

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles