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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7557

26 April 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

What is the motive behind legal apprenticeships, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

The EAT has provided further guidance as to what amounts to harassment, as Chris Bryden & Michael Salter observe

A covenant to keep a property in good & substantial repair & condition can hold hidden pitfalls, as Nicholas Asprey reports

Rod Cowper & Michael Twomey study the latest approach to piercing the veil

Clack v Wrigleys Solicitors LLP [2013] All ER (D) 83 (Apr)

Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC and others v Blue Skye Special Opportunities Fund LP and others [2013] EWCA Civ 367, [2013] All ER (D) 115 (Apr)

Public Relations Consultants Association Ltd v Newspaper Licensing Agency Ltd and others [2013] UKSC 18, [2013] All ER (D) 102 (Apr)

Murray and another v Neil Dowlman Architecture Ltd [2013] EWHC 872 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 92 (Apr)

CW v SG [2013] EWHC 854 (Fam), [2013] All ER (D) 117 (Apr)

Ecclestone v Medway NHS Foundation Trust [2013] EWHC 790 (QB), [2013] All ER (D) 72 (Apr)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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
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’ 
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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