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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7465

12 May 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Kosar v Bank of Scotland plc trading as Halifax [2011] EWHC 1050 (Admin), [2011] All ER (D) 08 (May)

A&E Television Networks LLC and another company v Discovery Communications Europe Ltd [2011] EWHC 1038 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 34 (May)

De Belin v Eversheds Legal Services Ltd (2011) UKEAT/0352/10/JOJ, [2011] All ER (D) 16 (May)

Lanes Group plc v Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd [2011] EWHC 1035 (TCC), [2011] All ER (D) 10 (May)

Insolvency deposits go up by 16.5% for petitions presented after 31 May 2011 (Insolvency Proceedings (Fees) (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/1167))—£700 instead of £600 on a creditor’s bankruptcy petition, £525 as against £450 on a debtor’s bankruptcy petition and £1,165 in place of £1,000 on a wind up.

Tracey Stretton offers some strategies for avoiding & managing regulatory violations

James Farrell & Trevor Davies put international document retention procedures under the spotlight

Jennifer James questions the principles of the ubiquitous super-injunction

John Bramhall explores recent trends in investor claims against banks

Simmons & Simmons has promoted 13 to its partnership.

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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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