Edward Heaton

Principal associate

Ed Heaton, associate, Mills & Reeve LLP (edward.heaton@mills-reeve.com; www.mills-reeve.com)

Principal associate

Ed Heaton, associate, Mills & Reeve LLP (edward.heaton@mills-reeve.com; www.mills-reeve.com)

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Pre-nups: the search for certainty continues, says Ed Heaton

Edward Heaton considers a surprising case that illustrates how difficult it is to run a successful add-back argument

A recent appeal court ruling highlights the flaws in a fault-based divorce system, says Ed Heaton

Family practitioners must always have one eye on the court’s overriding objective, says Ed Heaton

Just how easy is it in practice to apply the principle of compensation, asks Ed Heaton

Ed Heaton explores the rights of cohabitants

Ed Heaton reviews the current child support system & outlines developments over the last 12 months

Is Collaborative Family Law a real option or just a passing craze, asks Edward Heaton

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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

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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders

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

NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do

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

Your magistrates’ court needs you!

Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process

NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed

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’

NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits

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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Edward Heaton

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green