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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7275

31 May 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Can refusal to grant a sex shop licence breach the applicant’s human rights? Nicholas Dobson investigates

Islington London Borough Council v Honeygan-Green [2007] EWHC 1270 (QB)

More money and extra safeguards are needed to ensure the UK’s housing and regeneration projects reap the benefits that should arise from a new white paper, lawyers say.

An impending House of Lords’ case should provide guidance about the way husband and wife businesses may be taxed, says Richard Anderson

Marcan Shipping (London) Ltd v Candida Corporation [2007] EWCA Civ 463, [2007] All ER (D) 277 (May)

Lay v Drexler [2007] EWCA Civ 464, [2007] All ER (D) 318 (May)

Proposals to reform tribunals into a more efficient, independent and user-focused service have been published by the Tribunals Service (TS).

Framlington Group Ltd v Barnetson [2007] EWCA Civ 502, [2007] All ER (D) 429 (May)

R v Jones [2007] EWCA Crim 1118, [2007] All ER (D) 235 (May)

O’Hanlon v Commissioners for HM Revenue & Customs [2007] EWCA Civ 283, [2007] All ER (D) 516 (Mar

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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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