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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Thomas Guise solicitors has appointed Rosie Cockrell to the position of solicitor following her successful completion of the legal practitioners course.

The Queen has approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir (Roger) John Laugharne Thomas as president of the Queen’s Bench Division with effect from 3 October 2011.

Eversheds has announced that it will expand in Hamburg in October 2011, building on its full service offering in Germany.

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain LLP has made two promotions to its equity partnership: Richard Burger and Alison Clarke.

Dominic Regan salutes the welcome return of Part 36

Craig Barlow & Jason Hadden question the government’s blanket ban on prisoner voting

David Renton examines how the Working Time Regulations apply to mobile workers

Are Kate & William out of step with the majority of today’s couples? Charlotte Posnansky reports

Kenneth Warner examines causation & industrial disease

Christopher Warenius ponders the nature of expert determinations

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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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