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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7436

06 October 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

Landlords urged to tread carefully as high-end rental market hit by tenancy confusion

High Court victory tempered by questions over future progress

Employment lawyers are predicting a rise in successful tribunal claims as large parts of the Equality Act 2010 came into force last Friday.

Paul Murray, managing partner, and Simon Hodson, senior partner of Beachcroft have both been elected for a second term

Conor Quigley QC, a specialist in EU law, has joined Serle Court.

Kay Taylor has joined the clinical negligence team at Penningtons Solicitors LLP.

Geldards is celebrating after winning the Property Law Firm of the Year 2010 prize at the recent East Midlands Property Dinner.

Powell Gilbert LLP has announced that Anna Carboni joined them as partner on 1 October.

The European Commission has referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for failing to protect consumers from the online interception of personal data.

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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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