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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7726

09 December 2016

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Secretary of State for the Home Department v Her Majesty’s Senior Coroner for Surrey [2016] EWHC 3001 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 144 (Nov)

Conversion to CIO: Roderick Ramage highlights some legal & practical questions

Re W (A child) [2016] EWCA Civ 1140, [2016] All ER (D) 159 (Nov)

Giselle Davies & Bethan Walsh outline what to expect from the Law Commission’s recent consultation on charity law

Jon Robins examines the interim report of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice

Could the Sewel Convention scupper Brexit, asks Michael Zander QC

Re FC (a child) (care or supervision order: discretion) [2016] Lexis Citation 606, [2016] All ER (D) 11 (Dec)

Lord Neuberger takes action to protect the rule of law as Art 50 case hits Supreme Court

Circuit judge sets precedent for fundamentally dishonest claims

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans

Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner

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Who’s on the 2026 silk list?

The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round

NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law

Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes

NLJ this week: Arbitration’s fast lane—with guardrails

Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved

NLJ this week: Justice for some, access for few?

The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026

NLJ this week: Bundles, bots & bonkers rent

Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’

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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7726

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans