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20 March 2019
Issue: 7833 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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LexisNexis Legal Awards 2019


More than 250 lawyers attended the LexisNexis Legal Awards last week at the Sheraton Grand London Park Lane. The event, hosted by comedian Susan Calman, celebrates excellence and innovation across the legal sector. Awards recipients included Serena Gates of 5 St Andrews Hill, who received The Halsbury Award for Rule of Law from Baroness Helena Kennedy QC. Clive Stafford Smith, founder of Reprieve, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from Christian Fleck, managing director, LexisNexis UK and Ireland. A collection was held on the night in support of the International Law Book Facility.

A full list of winners can be found here.

Issue: 7833 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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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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