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Is state immunity a “get out of jail” card for sovereign debtors, asks George Walton

How far does the Supreme Court act as a policymaker? Ruth Aitken, Hannah Smallwood & Lindsay Stirton investigate

Alec Samuels examines the law surrounding the length of parliamentary terms

Neil Parpworth examines the application of the principle of exclusive cognisance

Stephen Hockman QC considers the path to take in order to ease the UK’s constitutional tensions

Oliver Gayner reviews the work of the UK Supreme Court in its Hilary term

Donald Cran investigates the Protection of Freedoms Bill

Jen Hawkins & Malcolm Dowden explain why the Localism Bill heralds false hope, not a new dawn

Peter Clarke, former head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism squad, has been stirring things up again at Policy Exchange, the right-leaning think tank...

Oliver Gayner reviews the work of the last three terms in the UK Supreme Court

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
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