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14 April 2017
Issue: 7742 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Practice

PP v Home Office and another [2017] EWHC 663 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 18 (Apr)

The Queen’s Bench Division made a number of preliminary rulings in a case concerning a claimant who alleged that the defendant Home Office and Secretary of State for the Home Department had failed to make reasonable enquiries as to whether the claimant had been a victim of trafficking and had also unlawfully detained the claimant as a consequence of alleged errors of law relating to the identification of the claimant as a victim of trafficking.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Muckle LLP—Roland Fairlamb

Specialist associate solicitor rejoins Muckle’s leading employment team

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Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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