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Issue: Vol 169, Issue 7825

25 January 2019
IN THIS ISSUE

The government’s claim that legal aid is a drain on the public purse is fiction, says Geoffrey Bindman

Alison Padfield QC & Diarmuid Laffan analyse the obligations of SIPP providers

Blow to residential landlords; setting aside post-admission; family forms forever; demolition device demolished.

Are some law schools more equal than others & how can they influence your success? Dr Paula Moffatt & Melanie King report

Roderick Ramage discusses how pension scheme employers & trustees should tackle pension tussles

What laws still govern the desecration of national symbols? Athelstane Aamodt takes a vexillological tour around the world

Child relocation: Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown share an update & case law overview

Amanda Hamilton reports on the future of the paralegal sector in relation to the challenges that lie ahead

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—Michael Conway

Birketts—Michael Conway

IP partner joins team in Bristol to lead branding and trade marks practice

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Blake Morgan—Daniel Church

Succession and tax team welcomes partner inLondon

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec

Maguire Family Law—Jennifer Hudec

Firm appoints senior associate to lead Manchester city centre team

NEWS
Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned
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
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