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09 January 2019
Issue: 7823 / Categories: Legal News , Charities
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Justice needs you!

Lawyers entering the new year with charitable intentions can make their resolutions come true by taking part in a London Legal Support Trust (LLST) event in 2019.

First on the roster is the Great Legal Bake (25 February to 1 March), a nationwide push to raise funds for legal advice charities and law centres via cake. Just set up a stall in your office and ask colleagues to contribute.

On 17 June, the London Legal Walk takes place. Last year, more than 13,000 walkers raised £830,000. Legal Walks also take place in the South East from July to October. See the LLST website for more details of these, plus a London 10K run in July, London Legal Walkies (with dogs) in September, the Royal Parks Half Marathon in October and more.

Issue: 7823 / Categories: Legal News , Charities
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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