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17 May 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8071 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Mediation , Insurance / reinsurance
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Civil way: 17 May 2024

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Countdown to Hague 19; The cheeky FM5; More small mediators; Credit hirer caned

HAGUE AGAIN

We signed up to the Hague 19 convention on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments last January. You can find a pic on the internet of Lord Bellamy putting pen to paper in the presence of some very important people, and you will see two cups and saucers on the table but no biscuits. Presumably the consumption of drinks has been disclosed to someone.

I am sorry to dampen your excitement with the news that we cannot use Hague 19 quite yet. It has to be ratified (when it will be extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland) and will not come into force until 12 months later, when it will apply to judgments given in proceedings started thereafter. Ratification must await implementation of necessary legislation. Parts of it for England and Wales are the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024 (SI 2024/595), which have just been laid and complement what will become the Recognition

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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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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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