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Tom Walker

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Tom Walker, partner, Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Constructive dismissal upholds the law of contract, but with a human touch, says Tom Walker

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall consider the length of restrictive covenants

Should employees be paid to sleep? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker & Phillip D’Costa review the status of LLP members

Tom Walker & Richard Marshall explain why some employees may have less waiting time between jobs in future

Employers can now act with greater flexibility in a redundancy exercise, says Tom Walker

Does UK plc have the right to strike? Tom Walker reports

Tom Walker shares a cautionary tale or two about “protected conversations”

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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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