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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7559

10 May 2013
IN THIS ISSUE
A new morality Premium Content

Jon Holbrook pays tribute to the late Ronald Dworkin

10 May 2013 / Jon Holbrook
Tim Ryan & Karim Senussi—Davenport Lyons

Davenport Lyons grows its IP/IT team

09 May 2013
First Title—Neil Skinner

Former Law Society manager join FTI

09 May 2013
Hill Dickinson

Ten promotions at Hill Dickinson

09 May 2013
Navneet Juty & Peter Broadhurst—Simmons & Simmons

Two new DR partners at Simmons & Simmons

09 May 2013
The calm before the storm Premium Content

The worst is yet to come for the legal profession, warns Patrick Allen

09 May 2013 / Patrick Allen
In the line of duty Premium Content

What can private law offer the victims of the concealment of poor medical standards? Max Weaver investigates

09 May 2013 / Max Weaver
RTA portal fees cut controversy

Plans to slash fees go ahead despite concerns that lawyers won’t be able to cover costs

09 May 2013
At a loss over new PI rule

Proportionality rule is “boggling” says personal injury expert

09 May 2013
Seven year itch for SRA’s Townsend

Chief executive announces plan to step down

09 May 2013
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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

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Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

NEWS
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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
Your magistrates’ court needs you!
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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