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Issue: Vol 162, Issue 7520

28 June 2012
IN THIS ISSUE

In the first of two articles, Jon Holbrook considers the new local authority flexible tenancy scheme

Joint Stock Company Aeroflot Russian Airlines v Berezovsky and others [2012] EWHC 1610 (Ch), [2012] All ER (D) 115 (Jun)

F&C Alternative Investments (Holdings) Ltd and others v Barthelemy and another [2012] EWCA Civ 843, [2012] All ER (D) 145 (Jun)

BH (AP) and another v Lord Advocate and another (Scotland); KAS or H (AP) v Lord Advocate and another (Scotland) [2012] UKSC 24, [2012] All ER (D) 126 (Jun)

Wuhan Guoyu Logistics Group Co Ltd and another company v Emporiki Bank of Greece SA [2012] EWHC 1715 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 142 (Jun)

Coles and others v Hetherton and others [2012] EWHC 1599 (Comm), [2012] All ER (D) 102 (Jun)

Is expert witness hot-tubbing the future, asks Mark Solon

Chris Pamplin & Bernard Kat clarify the meaning of the term “psychologist”

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger James Wilson ponders the morality of tax avoidance

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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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