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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7554

28 March 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Peter Thompson QC assesses the impact of Jackson on the reasonable person

Many solicitors are anticipating the legal aid cuts with an increasing sense of doom, says Cara Nuttall

Jo Renshaw outlines the effect LASPO 2012 will have on those doing publicly funded work

Marc Weller tracks the origins & the compliance issues associated with the prohibition of the use of force in international relations

How do courts deal with the question of costs where an arbitration award is being challenged? James Harrison reports

Andy Glenie & Georgia Dunphy explain how to go about enforcing your judgment in New Zealand

Jacksonchat, tribunal rules & child's play

Martin Burns highlights the benefits of appointing a commercial mediator

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWHC 587 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 202 (Mar)

Hayes v Willoughby [2013] UKSC 17, [2013] All ER (D) 190 (Mar)

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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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