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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7345

13 November 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

Rolls Royce plc v Riddle [2008] IRLR 873

Trevor Buck hopes tribunal reforms will end their Cinderella status

Annette Cafferkey analyses some recent significant housing cases

Absurd circumstances are a daily occurrence at the coalface of employment law, says Ian Smith

Legal aid

Jennifer James elects to not get carried away with developments across the pond

Freeman v Higher Park Farm [2008] EWCA Civ 1185. [2008] All ER (D) 310 (Oct)

Part two: damages after physical and psychiatric injury, by Rehana Azib

Janna Purdie looks at the principles courts apply when determining whether or not to exercise their winding up jurisdiction

Quality not quantity is likely to determine domicile in the English courts, says Steven Francis

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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
Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate
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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