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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7429

05 August 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Same-sex couples need to keep their wills up-to-date, Irwin Mitchell solicitor Adam Draper has warned.

A legal dispute over pensions, affecting up to 8,000 part-time judges, has been referred to the European Court of Justice

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has confirmed the level of practising certificate fees

Late last year Ward LJ described Cook on Costs as the seminal work on a subject which has created more angst (and generated yet more costs) in the last decade than any other subject in the field of civil procedure.

A review of the Court of Protection rules and procedure has been published.

Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC is the new director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law.

The Fellowship of Professional Willwriters and Probate Practitioners has a new patron Cheryl Jones.

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP (BLG), Manchester, has snapped up a number of former Halliwells partners.

Simpson Sissons & Brooke is celebrating after Angela Lally who joined the firm last year, achieved specialist accreditation with Resolution.

Claire van Rees has recently joined Sacker & Partners LLP—the third lawyer to join the Sackers team this year

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London

NEWS
Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned
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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