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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7647

03 April 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Montgomery is the belated obituary, not the death knell, of medical paternalism, says Charles Foster

Employment tribunal limits up; Latest credit hire ruling; Pleading diarrhoea; New CoP rules & CPR latest update

Re S (Children) (Care proceedings: Proper evidence for placement order) [2015] UKSC 20, [2015] All ER (D) 264 (Mar)

Andrew Francis considers how to prevent the acquisition of a right of light

Chapman v Simon is alive and kicking after 20 years, says Ryan Clement

Tallinna Ettevõtlusamet v Statoil Fuel & Retail Eesti AS C-553/13, [2015] All ER (D) 207 (Mar)

R (on the application of the London Criminal Courts Solicitors’ Association and others) v Lord Chancellor [2015] EWCA Civ 230, [2015] All ER (D) 263 (Mar)

Otuo v The Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Britain [2015] EWHC 509 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 221 (Mar)

Boreh v Republic of Djibouti and others [2015] EWHC 769 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 248 (Mar)

Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 198 (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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