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Law in 101 words

14 July 2016 / Roderick Ramage
Issue: 7707 / Categories: Features
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Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

Brexit

The referendum is merely informative of the supposed will of the country. Given the lies and the geographical skewing of the vote, is it democratic? Neither the European Union Referendum Act 2015 nor the Political Parties, Elections & Referendums Act 2000 give legal effect to referendums. The immediate political issue is whether the PM may exercise the prerogative to invoke Art 50 without the consent of parliament. The next is whether, on taking office, she should throw away our strongest card by invoking Art 50 before agreeing terms. I voted for out, not stupidity. Anyone for passport controls round the M25?

Four corners

In Gwyn v Neath Canal (1868) Chief Baron Kelly said: “The result of all the authorities is, that when a court of law can clearly collect from the language within the four corners of a deed, or instrument in writing, the real intentions of the parties, they are bound to give effect to it by supplying anything necessarily to be inferred from the

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NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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