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Margaret Hatwood

Family law partner

Margaret Hatwood, family law partner, Anthony Gold (Margaret.Hatwood@anthonygold.co.ukwww.anthonygold.co.uk)

Family law partner

Margaret Hatwood, family law partner, Anthony Gold (Margaret.Hatwood@anthonygold.co.ukwww.anthonygold.co.uk)

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Margaret Hatwood explores the assessment of needs by the court to provide a sufficient standard of living

Marry in haste (sign a post-nup) & repent at leisure, says Margaret Hatwood

Can inherited wealth be claimed by a non-inheriting spouse when a couple split up? Margaret Hatwood investigates

When is a clean break not a clean break? Margaret Hatwood & Rebecca Carter report

Margaret Hatwood continues her examination of the increasing trend of parties asking for consent orders to be set aside

In a special NLJ two-part series Margaret Hatwood discusses the increasing trend of parties asking for consent orders to be set aside

How do you protect a client’s PI damages prior to family proceedings, asks Margaret Hatwood

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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