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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7763

28 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education

With a further shift expected to the discount rate, Julian Chamberlayne questions how much under compensation is considered full compensation?

Should a week’s pay be calculated to include employer’s pension contributions, asks Charles Pigott

Rupert Reed QC puts the security of the landlord’s rights under the spotlight

A warning from Martin Mears that landlords are at risk from a pernicious & unjust rule concerning tenants’ deposits

Nicholas Roberts explores the practicalities of assigning responsibility for fire safety in long leasehold flats

This week, Dominic Regan addresses estimates & revisits the problem of incurred costs

CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish

Max Withington believes proposed model directions to be used in credit hire cases are on the right track

Rasul v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 357 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

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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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