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Subject: LOVE THE NEW NLJ WEBSITE!

20 February 2020
Issue: 7875 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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All good things come to an end…even our much visited and well loved (old) website, but all the best bits have been kept and all the content loaded onto a fresher lighter site!

We are easier to find, easier to search and rising up the Google rankings. The result? A better, more welcoming site for all our subscribers, authors, advertisers and suppliers, as well as new and occasional visitors.

Take a look and use our speedy search tool to track back through 20,500+ specialist articles, comments, profession updates as well as law reports & digests, news updates and super mover & shaker announcements.

NLJ subscribers are entitled to unrestricted access to newlawjournal.co.uk, the best place for keeping up-to-date with key changes and debate across litigation and DR.

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To mark the new site we are featuring a Legally Green digital only supplement showcasing some of the small steps lawyers can take to make a big difference and why there may be some reasons for optimism on climate change. Free to download on our home page at www.newlawjournal.co.uk

Issue: 7875 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
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
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
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
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
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