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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7499

31 January 2012
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The austerity plan from 1 April 2012 is to restrict the opening of public counters at all county courts and Family Proceedings Centres...

West Tankers Inc v Allianz Spa and another [2012] EWCA Civ 27, [2012] All ER (D) 127 (Jan)

Leathley v Bar Standards Board [2012] All ER (D) 110 (Jan)

Re Virtualpurple Professional Services Limited [2011] EWHC 3487 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 149 (Jan)

Star Reefers Pool Inc v JFC Group Co Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 14, [2012] All ER (D) 114 (Jan)

Thomas Brown Estates Ltd v Hunters Partners Ltd [2012] EWHC 30 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 122 (Jan)

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CE [2011] EWHC 3159 (Admin), [2012] All ER (D) 108 (Jan)

Armstrong DLW GmbH v Winnington Networks Ltd [2012] EWHC 10 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 64 (Jan)

Nicholas Fox follows recent developments in Cayman law relating to freestanding Mareva injunctions

QBE Management Services (UK) Ltd v Dymoke and others [2012] EWHC 80 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 156 (Jan)

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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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