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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7792

11 May 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Weekly law digests Premium Content
11 May 2018
#The Law Is Broken Premium Content

Jon Robins laments the state of a criminal justice system beset by legal aid cuts, unconscious bias & miscarriages of justice

11 May 2018 / Dr Jon Robins
Losing out on the lost years Premium Content

Child claimants as well as adults should be able to recover damages for ‘lost years’, says David Regan

11 May 2018 / David Regan
Civil way: 11 May 2018 Premium Content
11 May 2018
The common touch Premium Content

Michael Nash considers the history & complexities of the Commonwealth & salutes a fine British tradition

11 May 2018
Wrongs to be righted Premium Content

Duncan Bain fears the hostile environment for the Windrush generation has wider repercussions

11 May 2018 / Duncan Bain
Oil leaks, anchor defendants & duty of care Premium Content

Charlotte Hill dissects the much-anticipated judgment in Okpabi v Shell, where accountability for pollution in Nigeria was sought in the English courts

11 May 2018 / Charlotte Hill
A costs conundrum Premium Content

Can litigation funding negate a security for costs application, asks Georgina Squire

10 May 2018 / Georgina Squire
Employment law brief: 10 May 2018 Premium Content

Ian Smith gets in line & tackles variation, termination & compensation

10 May 2018 / Ian Smith
Compensation test too high

Current regime provides little redress for victims of miscarriages of justice

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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

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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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