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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7355

05 February 2009
IN THIS ISSUE

The sharia law debate rumbles on. Thom Dyke reports

Tarn Insurance Services Ltd (in administration) v Kirby [2009] EWCA Civ 19, [2009] All ER (D) 211 (Jan)

Courts

How relevant are benefits payments to employment tribunal cases? Michael Salter & Chris Bryden report

William Byrne sheds some light on uncertainties in adverse possession

An economy in decline means increased fraud detection say Andrew Mitchell QC & Simon Taylor

Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow review the latest proposals to introduce a damages remedy in judicial review

Christopher Coffin & Sarah Quilliam look for guarantees in commercial contracts

McFaddens (a firm) v Platford [2009] EWHC 126 (TCC), [2009] All ER (D) 257 (Jan)

Dyson Technology Ltd v Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co Ltd [2009] EWHC 55 (Pat), [2009] All ER (D) 164 (Jan)

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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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