THIS ISSUE
Brice Dickson crunches the numbers to illustrate the Supreme Court justices’ year
Daniel Bacon looks at tax & other issues driving landlords from the residential housing market
Deborah Ruff & Charles Golsong consider the factors likely to affect arbitration at home & abroad in 2024
As the court orders Israel to prevent genocidal acts, Marc Weller analyses the decision, the response & its implications
Michael Zander KC on why the correction of miscarriages of justice is so slow…
It’s arguably the most important rule of international law, trumping all domestic legislation. Malcolm Bishop KC examines jus cogens in the context of the Rwanda Bill
Legislating to exonerate the subpostmasters would create an illusion of justice, says John Gould. The proper approach should be to speed up the process, not abandon it
Flexi gets flexier; Unpaid carer boost; Latest CPR update; Exclusion clause blues; Ombudspals
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) case on Gaza brought by South Africa against Israel has ‘commanded world-wide attention’ and ‘received a mixed reception’, Marc Weller, professor of international law at Cambridge University and associate tenant, Doughty Street, writes in this week’s NLJ
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva
Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice
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Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson
London labour and employment team announces partner hire
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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