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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7456

10 March 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

TV Edwards LLP has announced that Blacklaws Davis will be joining them from the 1 May.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law has announced the appointment of Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC as its new president.

Alastair Young and Andrew Jones have joined SNR Denton’s, litigation and arbitration team as partners

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has recruited two new hires—partner, David Meredith and legal director, Andrew Sutherland.

Michael Cover, accredited mediator has been re-appointed as the representative of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) on the Board of the Civil Mediation Council.

The holy grail of the post-Legal Services Act world appears to be the creation of a solicitor-led legal brand instantly recognisable by the public...

The Secretary of State for Justice announced in early February that the planned introduction of the Bribery Act (the Act) in April 2011 will be delayed a third time.

Ian Smith reports on an unusual misconduct dismissal, Tupeland & product placement

Leave to remove: no longer the carer’s prerogative, ask Kim Beatson & Shelley Cumbers

Andrew Francis considers a novel area of property law

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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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