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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7695

22 April 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Nick Hopkins & Sarah Dawe consider the challenge of registered title fraud

Polly Dyer reviews the conclusions of a Court of Appeal master class in the proper approach to disclosure & abuse of process

Auzins v Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Latvia [2016] EWHC 802 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 93 (Apr)

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG v Technosport London Ltd and another [2016] EWHC 797 (IPEC), [2016] All ER (D) 90 (Apr)

Bethan Thomas examines the court’s approach to “add backs” here and in Australia

Forgiveness is rationed; HMRC: Licence to plunder; Knives out for solicitors’ agents; & Family Rules OK!

Armani Da Silva v United Kingdom (App. No. 5878/08) [2016] ECHR 5878/08, [2016] All ER (D) 26 (Apr)

Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2016] EWHC 773 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 25 (Apr)

Van der Merwe v Goldman and another [2016] EWHC 790 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 67 (Apr)

Purrunsing v A’Court & Co (A Firm) and another [2016] EWHC 789 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 95 (Apr)

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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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