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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7469

08 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Drew Macaulay offers some top tips on unblocking jurisdictional log jams

Jennifer James grapples with a transatlantic tweeting sensation, Mr Monkey & the Fourth Estate

Ken Macdonald QC, a founding member of Matrix Chambers, has been elected as warden of Wadham College Oxford, with effect from September 2012.

Jennifer Cottle, of Dolmans, has been named junior lawyer of the year by the Cardiff & District Law Society

Richard Lissack QC of Outer Temple Chambers has been appointed as a corporate monitor for Innospec Inc.

Speechly Bircham is in the process of opening two new European offices in Luxembourg and Zurich.

Children to have a say in proposed reforms to family justice system

Launch marks pre-emptive move in “Tesco law” strategy

Companies and individuals who use cookies without asking first could be fined up to £500,000 under a new law.

Training provider Bond Solon has launched a new web learning programme for expert witnesses in family proceedings.

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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
Is a suspect’s state of mind a ‘fact’ capable of triggering adverse inferences? Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Smith of Corker Binning examines how R v Leslie reshapes the debate
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
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