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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7599

20 March 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

DJ Gold limbers up for the single County Court 

Commercial rent arrears recovery: John Sharples asks are you ready?

Tom Morrison returns with his quarterly review of the world of information law

Nigel Jackson outlines the far-reaching consequences of Reithatha v Williamson

Speechley and others v Allott and others [2014] EWCA Civ 230, [2014] All ER (D) 89 (Mar)

Limbering up for the single County Court

Dunhill (a protected party by her litigation friend Tasker) v Burgin and another case [2014] UKSC 18

R (on the application of Speciality Produce Ltd) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 225, [2014] All ER (D) 72 (Mar)

Wade and another v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd [2014] EWHC 634 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 103 (Mar)

Evans and another v Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and others [2014] EWCA Civ 253, [2014] All ER (D) 101 (Mar)

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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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