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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7756

27 July 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

The new president wants to raise the profile of the CILEx route to qualification

​Can you afford to become an independent solicitor? Can you afford not to? Two consultants at virtual firm Scott-Moncrieff & two career experts share their experiences

Kristina Oliver explains how in-house marketers can add value to law firms & the bottom line

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Yukos Finance BV and others v Lynch and others [2017] EWHC 1812 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 147 (Jul)

Abercrombie & Fitch Italia Srl v Bordonaro C-143/16 , [2017] All ER (D) 161 (Jul)

Shaw (personal representative of the estate of Ewan (deceased)) v Kovac and another [2017] EWCA Civ 1028, [2017] All ER (D) 139 (Jul)

Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm) , [2017] EWHC 1815 (Comm), [2017] All ER (D) 151 (Jul)

Re Lemos; Leeds and another (in their capacity as the joint trustees in bankruptcy of the estate of Lemos) v Lemos and others [2017] EWHC 1825 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 157 (Jul)

Co-Operative Bank plc v Hayes Freehold Ltd (in liquidation) and others; Deutsche Bank AG v Sentrum (Hayes) Ltd (in liquidation) and another [2017] EWHC 1820 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 141 (Jul)

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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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