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Jon Holbrook

Barrister

Jon Holbrook is a barrister at Cornerstone Barristers
E-mail: clerks@cornerstonebarristers.com
Website: www.cornerstonebarristers.com

Barrister

Jon Holbrook is a barrister at Cornerstone Barristers
E-mail: clerks@cornerstonebarristers.com
Website: www.cornerstonebarristers.com

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Jon Holbrook reflects on why John Stuart Mill is a better guide to “liberty” than judicial precedent

Liberate social policy from the influence of human rights, says Jon Holbrook

Was the claim by the black cab rapist's victims in the public interest? The High Court side-stepped the key issue says Jon Holbrook 

Jon Holbrook fears the emergence of a disturbing new tort of intolerance

Jon Holbrook pays tribute to the late Ronald Dworkin

In the second of two articles, Jon Holbrook considers fixed-term assured shorthold tenancies for housing associations

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

Jon Holbrook assesses the ability of councils to bring possession proceedings against tenants involved in the recent riots

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

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Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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