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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7477

02 August 2011

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James Wilson recalls the trials of Fatty Arbuckle

Halsbury's Law Exchange blogger Gary L Walters studies post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of a rape trial

Roger Smith explores opposition to the Human Rights Act

Stephen Levinson ponders the legalities of restraining strikes

Charles Pigott takes time out to revisit statutory holiday entitlement

Graham Coy sings the praises of collaborative law

Liability & legionnaires’ disease, by Matthew Chapman & Paul McClorry

How can a tenant’s guarantor guarantee an assignee’s liability, ask Joanna Bhatia & Malcolm Dowden

Sarah Watson assesses the lawfulness of a school’s ban on cornrows

Alex Leslie & Stewart Duffy examine developments around the right to a fair disciplinary process

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Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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NLJ this week: The pension split at 25

Pension sharing orders (PSOs) have quietly reached their 25th anniversary, yet remain stubbornly underused. Writing in NLJ this week, Joanna Newton of Stowe Family Law argues that this neglect risks long-term financial harm, particularly for women

NLJ this week: Exclusion zone?

A school ski trip, a confiscated phone and an unauthorised hotel-room entry culminated in a pupil’s permanent exclusion. In this week's issue of NLJ, Nicholas Dobson charts how the Court of Appeal upheld the decision despite acknowledged procedural flaws

NLJ this week: When silence speaks volumes

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

Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

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

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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7477

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly