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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7564

14 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene takes issue with excessive & ineffective political grandstanding

Nicholas Dobson considers the lessons we can learn from Sally Bercow’s mishap

Sejal Raja provides an update on post-employment victimisation protection

The High Court has provided guidance on the correct approach to assessing an occupier’s duty of care relating to foreseeable risk. Henry Morton Jack reports

Holland Park provides a lesson in restrictive covenants, says Andrew Francis

Early determination should be considered, but only if conditions are right, says Tom Henderson

Claim early for sacking, overriding objective strikes, well done Phipson & financial remedy abuse

Animal Defenders International v United Kingdom (App. No. 48876/08) [2013] ECHR 48876/08, [2013] All ER (D) 21 (May)

R (on the application of NR) v Local Government Ombudsman [2013] EWHC 1335 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 18 (Jun)

Vallee v Birchwood [2013] EWHC 1449 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 46 (Jun)

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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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