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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7452

10 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
An open letter to the Lord Chancellor Premium Content

What future for legal aid?

11 February 2011 / Carol Storer
A constant revolution? Premium Content

Two recent decisions in different tribunals could not have been timed any better to liven up the debate raised in Jackson LJ’s proposals for civil costs reform and the government’s green paper.

10 February 2011 / David Greene
Local anaesthetic Premium Content

Jen Hawkins & Malcolm Dowden explain why the Localism Bill heralds false hope, not a new dawn

10 February 2011 / Malcolm Dowden / Jen Hawkins
What’s in the inbox? Premium Content

Brace yourselves now! 2011 is set to be a bonanza on all fronts, says Ian Smith

10 February 2011 / Ian Smith
Whose baby is it anyway? Premium Content

Jonathan Herring reports on surrogacy dilemmas

10 February 2011 / Jonathan Herring
Kettling matters Premium Content

Richard Scorer considers the rights & wrongs of kettling

10 February 2011 / Richard Scorer
Dispensing with consultation Premium Content

Justin Bates revisits residential service charges

10 February 2011 / Justin Bates
A walk in the park Premium Content

Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality

10 February 2011 / Nicholas Dobson
Time to end the split? Premium Content

Jennie Gillies welcomes a decision which clarifies the relationship between contractual obligations & tortious duties

10 February 2011 / Jennie Gillies
Prevention is better than cure Premium Content

James Langford emphasises the importance of robust contracts

10 February 2011 / James Langford
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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
NLJ this week: The insider returns
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
NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt
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
NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers
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
NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was
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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