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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

01 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Court rules treatment of council head in Baby P case was “intrinsically unfair”

LSB to undertake further review in 2013

UK lawyers should take heart from the news that confidence is riding high among their colleagues across the pond.

An independent finance provider has reported a surge in the number of law firms seeking funds for their VAT bills following HMRC’s decision to wind up its “Time to Pay” scheme.

Lawyers have topped the list of entries in this year’s Standard Chartered Great City Race, due to take place on 14 July.

EU member states which prohibited non-nationals from becoming notaries breached EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the first instance decision in C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646, which concerned a dispute over land.

Former Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wilson was sworn in last week as a justice of the Supreme Court at a ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

Deborah Evans, former CEO of the Legal Complaints Service, has been appointed chief executive of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

IBB Solicitors has appointed Jacqui Skovron as a senior solicitor to the specialist residential development and strategic land team.

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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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