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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7564

14 June 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Re GP Aviation Group International (in liquidation) Ltd Williams v Glover and another [2013] EWHC 1447 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 41 (Jun)

Bamgbelu v General Dental Council [2013] EWHC 1169 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 02 (Jun)

Mengiste and another v Endowment Fund for the Rehabilitation of Tigray and others [2013] EWHC 1087 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 32 (Jun)

Apex Global Management Ltd v Fi Call Ltd and others [2013] EWCA Civ 642, [2013] All ER (D) 81 (Jun)

Even the greats can learn lessons from their heroes, as Geoffrey Bindman explains

Costs judges cannot treat costs as being reasonable or proportionate simply because they fall within an approved budget, the Court of Appeal has said.

 

A poll of costs lawyers has revealed increasingly negative predictions for the post-Jackson era.
 

The European Court of Human Rights has a queue of more than 120,000 cases waiting to be heard, including 3,000 cases against the UK alone.
 

 Modern market in legal services demands "transparency & flexibility"

Indemnity status quo expensive for lawyers & consumers
 

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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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