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Opening up or shutting out? Funke Abimbola turns the spotlight on the legal profession

CILEx examines why employers are embracing on-the-job training

The Bar Standards Board considers what could be the most sweeping reforms to barristers’ training in a generation

Nigel Tomlinson explains why law firms need to rewrite their professional development & training programmes

Martin Burns underlines the importance of committing to continuous learning & development

Why LERNing matters. Patricia Leighton explains why it pays to invest in research into legal education

Are you prepared for increased anti-money laundering compliance scrutiny, asks Dr Tony Harvey

New Awards celebrate excellence in conveyancing

R (on the application of Tigere) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills [2014] EWCA Civ 1216, [2014] All ER (D) 85 (Sep)

Julie Brannan introduces the new plans for CPD

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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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