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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7605

09 May 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

When can a court order made in financial proceedings upon divorce be invalidated? Sarah Hughes reports

What rights do claimants injured abroad have to sue insurers directly under the Motor Insurance Directives? Nicholas Bevan reports

Did the Court of Appeal’s refusal to allow a local authority’s housing possession order defeat the whole purpose of introductory tenancies? Nicholas Dobson reports

A constructive trust establishes beneficial interests in property, as Rupert Butler & Thomas Horton report

Tchenguiz and another v Director of the Serious Fraud Office [2014] EWHC 1315 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 191 (Apr)

Re Olympus UK Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 1350 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 12 (May)

Pohotovost s. r. o. v Vašuta C-470/12, [2014] All ER (D) 31 (May)

Lyreco Belgium NV v Rogiers C-588/12, [2014] All ER (D) 32 (May)

Giles v The Royal National Institute for the Blind and others [2014] EWHC 1373 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 36 (May)

Gilchrist (as trustee of the J P Gilchrist 1993 Settlement) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 0169 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 25 (May)

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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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