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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7732

03 February 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Egeneonu v Egeneonu [2017] EWHC 43 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 69 (Jan)

Nicholas Griffin QC considers the CJEU Watson decision on UK surveillance law

 

Michael Zander QC picks out crucial passages from the Supreme Court judgment on the triggering of Art 50

Henry Hood discusses further developments in the interaction between bankruptcy & divorce cases

Petrosaudi Oil Services (Venezuela) Ltd v Novo Banco S.A. and others [2017] EWCA Civ 9, [2017] All ER (D) 92 (Jan)

Brexit & other horizon scanning, by Enid Rowlands

Wood and another v TUI Travel plc (trading as First Choice) [2017] EWCA Civ 11, [2017] All ER (D) 53 (Jan)

Is the sharing of overseas pensions now at an end, asks Kerry Fretwell

Steve Foster examines press intrusion into celebrity privacy & the decision in Kaye v Robertson

Why has it taken so long for football sex abuse scandal to be uncovered, asks Richard Scorer

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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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