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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Re E (children) (international abduction) [2011] UKSC 27, [2011] All ER (D) 62 (Jun)

Concerned about the future of legal services? Talk to your accountant, suggests Joe Reevy

James Wilson pays tribute to Lord Denning & the creation of the Mareva injunction

Legal Services Board claims lawyers fail clients on complaints-handling

Outdated land law to be reformed under new proposals

BAILII, the free online legal materials provider, is currently appealing for donations.

Two Norwegian children brought to the UK by their British mother must be returned, the Supreme Court has unanimously held.

The Court of Protection has held that a local authority which accepted an autistic man into respite care for a few weeks and then kept him for a year acted unlawfully.

A new third party litigation funder, Vannin Capital, has launched, with “significant” backing by Isle of Man-based private equity firm, Bramden Investments.

Leading matrimonial lawyers have agreed that more needs to be done to update England’s matrimonial laws and bring them in line with contemporary jurisdictions

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Gilson Gray—Paul Madden

Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker

Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles

Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London

NEWS
Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned
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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