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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7330

17 July 2008
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Statwatch

Legal news update

24 July 2008
COURT OF APPEAL—PRACTICE— FILES FOR APPEAL HEARING

Leofelis SA and another v Lonsdale Sports Ltd and others [2008] EWCA Civ 640, [2008] All ER (D) 87 (Jul)

17 July 2008
SHIPPING—TIME CHARTERPARTY —LAST VOYAGE

Transfield Shipping Inc of Panama v Mercator Shipping Inc of Monrovia; The Achilleas [2008] UKHL 48, [2008] All ER (D) 117 (Jul)

17 July 2008
FIFA quotas ruled offside? Premium Content

Is FIFA's proposal to introduce a quota on foreign nationals in club football legal? Richard Williams and Alex Haffner report

17 July 2008 / Richard Williams / Alex Haffner
An adequate plug? Premium Content

Richard Burger reports on the FSA's efforts to stop the leak of inside information from the unregulated sector

17 July 2008 / Richard Burger
The client crunch Premium Content

Emma Kaye reports on how uncertain market conditions are intensifying pressure on law firms

17 July 2008 / Emma Kaye
Gage breaks mould

In brief

17 July 2008
No=Maybe=Yes Premium Content

Seamus Burns considers whether or not the Irish “no vote” means the Lisbon Treaty is confirmed dead

17 July 2008 / Seamus Burns
Falling in line with the law Premium Content

Should adults who are injured after deliberately putting themselves at risk expect to be compensated? Kris Lines and Jon Heshka report

17 July 2008 / Jon Heshka / Kris Lines
Complaints handling

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17 July 2008
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Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

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London labour and employment team announces partner hire

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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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