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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7700

27 May 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Ministry of Defence v Iraqi Civilians [2016] UKSC 25, [2016] All ER (D) 88 (May)

At the boundaries of permissible & impermissible boundary determinations. Toby Boncey reports

R (on the application of Sky Blue Sports and Leisure Ltd and another) v Coventry City Council and others [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Local Authority X v HI and others [2016] EWHC 1123 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 131 (May)

Do law books make a lawyer, asks Keith Davies

University of Huddersfield Higher Education Corporation v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2016] EWCA Civ 440, [2016] All ER (D) 104 (May)

Human Rights Watch Inc and others v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others [2016] UKIPTrib 15_165-CH, [2016] All ER (D) 105 (May)

Beth Holden reports on Purrunsing & the extent of a seller’s solicitor’s duty to the buyer in a property transaction

Secretary of State for Justice v Windle and another [2016] EWCA Civ 453, [2016] All ER (D) 120 (May)

Do the government proposals for future-proofing the BBC lack vision? Athelstane Aamodt reviews the evidence

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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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