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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7488

01 November 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Maxwell) v The Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education [2011] EWCA Civ 1236, [2011] All ER (D) 232 (Oct)

R v Rheines [2011] EWCA Crim 2397, [2011] All ER (D) 221 (Oct)

Tesla Motors Ltd and another company v British Broadcasting Corporation [2011] EWHC 2760 (QB), [2011] All ER (D) 233 (Oct)

Gale and another v Serious Organised Crime Agency [2011] UKSC 49, [2011] All ER (D) 212 (Oct)

Chris Pamplin highlights changes & contrasts in the expert witness market

Michael Nash reflects on the changes to succession rules

Anton van Dellen surveys the damage following the removal of expert witness immunity in Jones v Kaney

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington anticipates the attorney general's address to the ECtHR on the question of prisoners' voting rights

Ming-Yee Shiu considers the circumstances in which fiduciary duties may be imposed upon employees

Dominic Regan returns to the consequences of the referral fee chop

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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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