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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7426

15 July 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

It is not indirect age discrimination to cap redundancy payments at the sum an employee would have earned had he remained at the company until the age of 65.

Welsh badgers have won a reprieve after the Court of Appeal ruled proposals for a cull unlawful.

The Supreme Court heard 43 appeals and gave 42 judgments in its first six months since opening in October 2009

Judge Gerald Price QC, a senior circuit judge in South Wales, has resigned following an investigation by the Office for Judicial Complaints (OJC)

Nottingham Law School has launched a new qualification course for trade mark specialists.

Kate Wilson and Rupert Elliott explain why claims for misuse of private information have never been so fashionable

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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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