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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7730

20 January 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

There is no general principle that a child should be summarily returned where one parent moves them from their home to another place in England & Wales, says Claire Sanders

David Hewitt looks at a sad & maddening case from a hundred years ago

Daniel Lightman QC highlights how versatile ss 994 & 996 of the Companies Act 2006 can be for minority shareholders presenting an unfair prejudice petition

Mark Solon explores life in the clouds & explains why experts should expect a revolution

Caroline Shea QC examines the implications of the Pubs Code 2016

Athelstane Aamodt provides a media law update

Andrew Langdon QC sets out his aims & aspirations for his tenure as Chairman of the Bar 2017

 

Chris Syder & Eva Camus-Smith follow the fight against Modern Slavery

Prime minister confirms plans to leave single market & CJEU jurisdiction

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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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