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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Phillip Oldcorn explains how innovation can help reduce risk

Nicholas Dobson examines the Supreme Court’s decision in the Beesley barn saga

In the first of two articles reviewing proposals to reform insurance law, Peter Tyldesley is optimistic about the momentum for change

How far does Prunus clarify the rights of overseas countries & territories, asks Nathan Simmons

Can you pick a fight and win the lottery, asks Karen O’Sullivan

Mekarska v Ruiz and another [2011] EWHC 913 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 14 (Jun)

Grievson v Grievson [2011] EWHC 1367 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 58 (Jun)

Hillingdon London Borough Council v Neary and others [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

EG v United Kingdom [2011] ECHR 41178/08, [2011] All ER (D) 31 (Jun)

DFT v TFD [2010] EWHC 2335 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

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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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