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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7464

05 May 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Weightmans LLP has continued its expansion with the hire of partner Sandra Jones.

Clifford Chance has announced the election of 23 lawyers to its partnership...

Moore Blatch Solicitors has promoted senior solicitor, Joyce Bradbeer, to partner taking the firms total number of partners to 25.

DWF has increased its private client presence with the launch of a family practice in London and the appointment of family lawyer, Mary-Ann Wright.

Khawar Qureshi QC examines the legality of the UN’s stance on Libya

Selecting QCs on the basis of advocacy skills is unfit for purpose says new honorary silk, Geoffrey Bindman

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

Practitioners should be wary of ignoring the enduring lessons of Salford v Mullen, says Jon Holbrook

Michael Salter & Chris Bryden report on the recent flurry of reforms introduced to UK employment law

David Burrows examines costs & appeals under the Family Procedure Rules 2010

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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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