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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7777

19 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
All change?
19 January 2018
Weekly law digests Premium Content
19 January 2018
Data, disclosure & de-identification Premium Content

Will proposed offences in the Data Protection Bill make criminals of us all? Stewart Duffy investigates

19 January 2018 / Stewart Duffy
My will, my way Premium Content

Are unconventional methods of will making about to become our everyday reality? Monika Byrska considers the options

19 January 2018 / Monika Byrska
Call my bluff Premium Content

Geoffrey Bindman explains why deceiving the court is not a good idea

19 January 2018 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Law versus reality on solicitors’ bills Premium Content

A recent decision on billing comes under fire for generating unacceptable confusion 

19 January 2018 / Graham Huntley
Music festivals— a walk in the park? Premium Content

Nicholas Dobson explores the reasons why Wireless Festival 2016 was a lawfully held event

19 January 2018 / Nicholas Dobson
Opt-out still alive despite early setbacks Premium Content

It’s been one problem after another so far, but Chris Owen remains optimistic about the future for collective redress

19 January 2018 / Chris Owen
Wills, spills, forgery & other ills Premium Content

It’s a family affair: Constance McDonnell presents a review of key contentious probate cases

19 January 2018 / Constance McDonnell KC
New year, new Lord Chancellor Premium Content

David Greene hopes David Gauke is allowed to stay in the role long enough to make a difference

18 January 2018 / David Greene
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Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

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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
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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
NLJ this week: The insider returns
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
NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt
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
NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers
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
NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was
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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