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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7443

25 November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

A series of new senior level promotions have been announced at Paragon Law.

Peter Halpin will be taking on the newly created position of client services director at Eversheds, along with Keith Froud assuming the role of CoCom Practice Group Head as of May 2011.

Tayntons LLP has appointed employment law specialist Ian Pettifer as its new head of employment. Ian brings over 13 years’ employment law experience to the role.

Fountain Court Chambers announce that three new door tenants have been appointed.

Class action adjudged to be “fundamentally flawed”

A high-profile divorce lawyer, a commercial QC and a senior litigation partner at Herbert Smith have been ennobled.

The net result of government plans to wipe £350m off the legal aid budget is an attack on the welfare of some of the most vulnerable members of our society

More “visible” role models, mentors and coaches from minority groups are needed at senior levels within firms

A mortgage lender was entitled to see copies of solicitors’ files to investigate whether the transaction showed indications of fraud, the High Court has ruled.

CEDR announced the winners of its biennial awards for excellence last week.

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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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