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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7661

17 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v MH [2015] EWHC 1920 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 43 (Jul)

Chief Constable of the Bedfordshire Police v Golding and another [2015] EWHC 1875 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Jul)

Edenred (UK Group) Ltd and another v Her Majesty’s Treasury and others [2015] UKSC 45, [2015] All ER (D) 07 (Jul)

R (on the application of St Matthews (West) Ltd and others) v HM Treasury and another [2015] EWCA Civ 648, [2015] All ER (D) 12 (Jul)

Michael Zander addresses one of the main Tory objections to the Human Rights Act

Aidan Briggs explains why donatio mortis causa is an exception to nearly every rule

Phillipa Bruce-Kerr explains how deprivation of liberty cases overlap with the private client arena

Ruth Hewitt provides an update on how & when secondary victims can run successful compensation claims

Ian Smith recommends some light reading

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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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