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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7580

18 October 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

 Charles Pigott explains how, in certain circumstances, costs awards are undeniably on the up

David Burrows reviews the bases for appeal in care proceedings

Resident parking: milking cash cows or lawful charging? Nicholas Dobson reports

Michael Tringham follows families at war over intestacy claims

Are parents being left out in Inheritance Act claims, asks Sarah Playforth

Jag-Preet Kaur, Henrietta Mason & Luca Del Panta provide a wills & probate update

Bernard Pressman considers the Supreme Court’s take on retrospective orders in relation to service

  • Workplace blow
  • It's the court fee that counts
  • New PI guidelines
  • Court counters closed for breakfast & tea

 Peter Causton casts an eye over recent plans to modernise the Chancery Division

Benkharbouche v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan and Janah v Libya UKEAT/0401/12/GE; 0020/13/GE

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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