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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7753

07 July 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Institutional defensiveness plays no part in campaigns for justice, as Jon Robins reports

No other public service has suffered the same level of cuts as civil legal aid. Enough is enough, says Steve Hynes

Theo Huckle QC compares & contrasts the public safety policy agendas of administrations in Westminster & Wales

James Goudkamp offers a practical perspective on the tort of malicious prosecution of civil proceedings

It was the judge wot did it; At a Laugh; Files separated: Latest!

CFC 26 Ltd and another v Brown Shipley & Co Ltd and others [2017] EWHC 1594 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 03 (Jul)

R (on the application of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers and another) v Food Standards Agency [2017] EWCA Civ 431, [2017] All ER (D) 08 (Jul)

Accident Exchange Ltd v Broom and others [2017] EWHC 1096 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 155 (May)

Richards v Vivendi SA [2017] EWHC 1581 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 07 (Jul)

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch v CIMB Bank Berhad [2017] EWHC 1264 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 171 (May) 

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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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