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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7429

05 August 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Bocardo SA v Star Energy UK Onshore Ltd and another [2010] UKSC 35, [2010] All ER (D) 333 (Jul)

R (on the application of the Electoral Commission) v City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court and another [2010] UKSC 40, [2010] All ER (D) 324 (Jul)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Banerjee [2010] EWCA Civ 843, [2010] All ER (D) 306 (Jul)

R v Chaytor and others [2010] EWCA Crim 1910, [2010] All ER (D) 335 (Jul)

Marc Weller reports on the Kosovo question & disputed statehood

Who would have thought that a government in office for just two months would make a move upon costs reform and the implementation of Jackson?

The coalition government has announced a consultation process in the autumn on the implementation of certain key recommendations from Lord Justice Jackson’s report Review of Civil Litigation Costs.

James Riby expounds on interim relief & the division of chattels

Is it the end game for the default retirement age, asks Charles Pigott

Imerman v Tchenguiz and others, Imerman v Imerman [2010] EWCA Civ 908, [2010] All ER (D) 320 (Jul)

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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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