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19 September 2019
Issue: 7856 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way
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Civil way: 20 September 2019

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Vet a good bet; ENE to take off; latest CPR updates; FDR judge out for good

SAFER ON THE FARM

Train as a vet if you plan to get up to any professional mischief. As of 25 November 2019, the only professional regulator in England and Wales applying the criminal standard of proof to professional misconduct proceedings will be the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Yes, that’s the date on which the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal goes civil by ending or suspending your career if satisfied on first instance hearings that it is more probable than not—rather than beyond reasonable doubt—that you groped or plundered. The Solicitors (Disciplinary Proceedings) Rules 2019 (SI 2019/1185) (replacing the 2007 rules) does the evidential trick for hearings which arise out of applications or complaints made on or after 25 November 2019. The tribunal already applies the civil standard to appeals against written rebukes and directions to pay penalties of less than £2,000 imposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A PD in respect of the application procedure for agreed

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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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Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
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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