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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7431

02 September 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Legal Services Institute question reserved legal activities

A teacher who faced sex discrimination and victimisation has won the right to aggravated damages where the conduct of the employer caused further offence.

A Catholic adoption agency has lost its appeal to the Charity Commission over its policy of excluding gay couples.

Public services union, UNISON launched a legal action last week against the government claming Andrew Lansley, the secretary of state for health, unlawfully failed to consult over his proposals to radically transform the NHS.

Tods Murray LLP elects Graham Burnside as chairman from 1 October.

Ian Ashley-Smith has made legal history by being appointed the first lLEX judge.

Mayer Brown has announced Dominic Griffiths as the new head of the banking and finance group in London.

Dr Nicholas Dobson joins Pannone as a senior consultant. Nicholas started his career as a teacher before being admitted as a solicitor in 1984.

Charles McAuley from HBJ Gateley Wareing has been shortlisted by the judging panel for the Paralegal of the Year Award at this year’s Law Awards of Scotland.

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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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