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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7505

13 March 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

Deborah Blaxell shares the latest developments in e-disclosure

Has the partnership model had its day? David Greene reports

Roger Smith keeps tabs on the government’s equivocal approach to human rights

Ian Smith sweeps through a month of change, disputed rest breaks & contract setbacks

Could sale & rentback fix the mortgage arrears hole? David Cowan investigates

Rebecca Carlyon notes the intricacies of beneficial interest relating to a foreign divorce

Giles Murphy considers how the Legal Services Act will drive up competition & efficiency

Lucy Wyles provides an update on foreseeability & trial by ambush

Various Claimants v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another [2012] EWHC 397 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 397 (Ch)

W (Algeria) and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department; PP (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Z (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8, [2012] All ER (D) 53 (Mar)

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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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