David Greene
NLJ consultant editor
David Greene, NLJ consultant editor, and senior partner and head of group action litigation at Edwin Coe (edwincoe.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
NLJ consultant editor
David Greene, NLJ consultant editor, and senior partner and head of group action litigation at Edwin Coe (edwincoe.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
The UK’s position as a primary global legal centre is not going to change with Brexit, but there are some short-term challenges that we should be braced to address, says David Greene
An independent profession & judiciary are by no means a given in many parts of the world, says David Greene
Codifying the UK’s constitution to fill in the gaps is up for debate but seems politically unlikely, says David Greene
Formal constitutional upheaval can mask the vast amounts of work being undertaken on all sides to find a workable Brexit, says David Greene
David Greene lays out the (possible) next steps for Brexit, democracy & the country
With less than a month until Exit Day, David Greene examines the most & least likely outcomes on the UK’s horizon
The rejection of the prime minister’s proposals means we are in uncharted territory constitutionally, says David Greene
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond
Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands
Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell
Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green
Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge
NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’
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