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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7501

14 February 2012

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Brice Dickson summarises the highlights of the Supreme Court in 2011

Rabone and another v Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust [2012] UKSC 2, [2012] All ER (D) 59 (Feb)

PGF II SA v OMFS Company and another company [2012] EWHC 83 (TCC), [2012] All ER (D) 35 (Feb)

Ravat v Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Ltd [2012] UKSC 1, [2012] All ER (D) 49 (Feb)

Wharton v Bancroft and others [2012] EWHC 91 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 33 (Feb)

Fladgate LLP v Harrison [2012] EWHC 67 (QB), [2012] All ER (D) 45 (Feb)

Padden v Bevan Ashford Solicitors [2011] EWCA Civ 1616, [2012] All ER (D) 42 (Feb)

Can the franchise model liberate legal wage-slaves, asks James Hunt

Michael Cook shares some after dinner tales

North-east law firm Sintons has promoted three lawyers to partner. Sintons, a full service legal firm, was one of the first law firms in the north-east to receive Investors In People status in 2001.

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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: 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

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

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

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

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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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7501

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly