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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7438

21 October 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Pre-nuptial agreements are legally binding, the Supreme Court has held in a landmark ruling on divorce.

As the coalition government began to burn the quangos last week, among the ashes can be found the office of chief coroner.

Many commentators have reflected that the trade in cases, especially those of accident victims, between lawyers and referrers is unseemly, if not downright dodgy.

Charles Pigott explains why wide reaching equality laws cover arbitrators to plumbers

In the first of a regular series of updates, Clare Renton provides an overview of the most influential international & EU cases of 2010

Brian Goodwin reflects on the EL Trigger ruling

Loss of profit on a sub-sale: who pays? Christopher Warenius reports

Tackling the traffickers—a role for civil recovery orders, asks Paul Yates

Peter Vaines measures up on BPR, income splitting & doormats

Pieretti v London Borough of Enfield [2010] EWCA Civ 1104, [2010] All ER (D) 96 (Oct)

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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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