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07 April 2017
Issue: 7741 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Coroner

R (on the application of Duggan) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for the Northern District of Greater London [2017] EWCA Civ 142, [2017] All ER (D) 179 (Mar)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appellant’s appeal by way of judicial review into the directions given by the coroner to the jury into the killing of Mark Duggan by a police officer in August 2011. The coroner had been found not to have erred in any way in his direction to the jury as to the issue of unlawful killing.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

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The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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