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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7451

01 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Nothing like a bit of lawyer-bashing to win over the hearts and minds of the British public...

The UK Supreme Court has just completed its first calendar year, a period during which it consolidated its position as the country’s most authoritative source of judge-made law

Juliet Carp welcomes a new addition to the family—transferable maternity leave

Caroline Waterworth considers when courts should interfere in the business of possession orders

Nigel Powell grapples with the potential conflict of religious & equality rights

Henry Marshall presents ”The Edge of Love”, starring Capitol Films & the Insolvency Act 1986

Sharon Mitchell explains how the ASA is reaching out to the worldwide web

Karen Widdicombe celebrates 75 years of the All England Law Reports

Morris and another v Southwark London Borough Council (Law Society intervening) [2011] All ER (D) 183 (Jan), [2011] EWCA Civ 25

Everett and another v Comojo (UK) Ltd t/a The Metropolitan and others [2011] EWCA Civ 13, [2011] All ER (D) 106 (Jan)

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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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