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14 June 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8075 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Family , Employment
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Civil way: 14 June 2024

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Warehousing; New code for employers; Spoofing exposed; Latest FPR PD update; Divorce glitch

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Grovit back The warehousing of a claim will get you into trouble. If you still want to try it, unilaterally decide not to pursue an issued claim for a substantial period of time, even if you remain intent on pursuit at some future point. This is an abuse and good for striking out. Remember Grovit v Doctor [1997] 2 All ER 417 HL said so. In Watford Control Instruments Ltd v Brown [2024] EWHC 1125 (Ch), Mr Justice Richards held that strike out remained the proportionate sanction unless compelling reasons to the contrary were shown. The CPR did not throw overboard the judgments in Grovit or those of the Court of Appeal in Board of Governors of the National Heart and Chest Hospital v Chettle (1997) 30 HLR 618.

Watch the code A code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement—‘fire and rehire’—drawn up by the Department of Business and Trade comes into effect on 18 July 2024 under SI 2024/708

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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
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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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