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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7418

20 May 2010
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ZN (Afghanistan) (FC) and others v Entry Clearance Officer (Karachi) and one other action [2010] UKSC 21, [2010] All ER (D) 88 (May)

Larkfield Ltd v Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office v May and others [2010] EWCA Civ 521, [2010] All ER (D) 86 (May)

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Eversheds has appointed Steven Geerlings and Paul-Michael Rebus to the firms’ city banking and finance arm.

Coventry University’s Centre for the International Business of Sport is to launch a new post-graduate certificate in Sports Law.

Receiving the usual crop of invitations from barristers’ chambers to join them in celebrating the appointment of new Queen’s Counsel prompted me to wonder how this strange relic of class privilege has survived and what has really changed since the 1950s.

The country had a crash course on constitutional constraints as Nick Clegg and David Cameron crafted their deal after the election.

Two newcomers have been voted on to APIL’s executive committee. Jane Horton, a partner at Irwin Mitchell and Gordon Dalyell, a partner at Digby Brown, won places following the association’s annual ballot.

Trowers & Hamlins has been voted “Legal Firm of the Year” in this year’s FDs’ Excellence Award in association with the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).

Joe Reevy provides ten tips for long-term survival

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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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