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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7482

20 September 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Cripps Harries Hall LLP has recruited Ruth Napier as its new head of business development.

IBB Solicitors has announced a merger with Chalfont St Giles based Brown & Co, as part of its expansion plans in the region.

Marccus Partners, specialists in cross-border transactions, have announced new recruits in their Paris office.

Some county courts are following a policy of automatically transferring low value road traffic damages claims...

PI lawyers unimpressed by Jack Straw’s proposals for motor insurance reform

PI lawyers unimpressed by Jack Straw’s proposals for motor insurance reform

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has come under fire for its decision to intervene in a key religious discrimination case before the European Court of Human Rights

The arrival of alternative business structures (ABSs) could be as dramatic for the legal profession as the “Big Bang” of the 1980s, justice secretary Ken Clarke has said

Proposed reforms of cohabiting couples’ legal rights have been shelved for the duration of this parliamentary term

A new, more flexible trainee solicitor model has been launched for City law firms and in-house legal departments

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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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