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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7466

19 May 2011
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Child settlement order Premium Content

Why does the practice form for approval of a child settlement (N292) provide for a stay of proceedings...

19 May 2011
Law in 101 words Premium Content

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

19 May 2011 / Roderick Ramage
Call yourself an expert? Premium Content

Goodbye expert witness immunity, hello higher insurance premiums, says Penny Cooper

19 May 2011 / Penny Cooper
Brett Hillis Reed Smith

International law firm Reed Smith is pleased to announce the appointment of partner Brett Hillis to its energy and natural resources group.

19 May 2011
Jason Blakey DWF

DWF has appointed litigation lawyer Jason Blakey as a director to its commercial litigation team in Leeds.

19 May 2011
MFG Solicitors promotions

MFG Solicitors has promoted two new partners and an associate.

19 May 2011
McGrigors New hires

McGrigors has announced three new hires.

19 May 2011
Awarding excellence

The Law Society is inviting legal professionals from across England and Wales to enter the fifth annual Excellence Awards 2011.

19 May 2011
Diversity feedback

Employers have backed a call for stronger powers for tribunals to strike out weak or vexatious claims.

19 May 2011
Unhealthy litigation?

MPs were told how proposed changes to litigation funding will be more complicated and lead to greater uncertainty.

19 May 2011
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

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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
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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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