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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7743

28 April 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Leading construction & energy lawyer joins Chambers

Firm appoints residential & commercial property partner

Archer and another v Fabian Investments Ltd and others (Bahamas) [2017] UKPC 9, [2017] All ER (D) 72 (Apr)

Isle of Wight Council v Platt [2017] UKSC 28, [2017] All ER (D) 20 (Apr)

In the first article in a series of three, David Burrows examines the role which a child can play in children proceedings

In its centenary year, Michael L Nash reflects on the birth of the House of Windsor

Work v Gray [2017] EWCA Civ 270, [2017] All ER (D) 61 (Apr)

Times Newspapers Limited v Flood; Miller v Associated Newspapers Ltd; Frost and others v MGN Ltd [2017] UKSC 33, [2017] All ER (D) 46 (Apr)

Justice in financial services disputes is to be found in the common law, says Michel Reznik, as he presents the case for a Financial Services Tribunal

Lowick Rose LLP (in liquidation) v Swynson Ltd and another [2017] UKSC 32, [2017] All ER (D) 52 (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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