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Issue: Vol 163, Issue 7585

22 November 2013
IN THIS ISSUE

Ed Heaton explores the rights of cohabitants

Tom Morrison catches up on key developments in data protection & freedom of information

Ofgem already has power to prevent non-transparent pricing mechanisms, Chloe Carpenter argues

Lucy McCormick outlines some ground rules for dealing with vulnerable witnesses in civil cases

WH Newson Holding Ltd v IMI Plc and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1377, [2013] All ER (D) 124 (Nov)

Roe Brickwork Ltd v Wates Construction Ltd [2013] EWHC 3417 (TCC), [2013] All ER (D) 105 (Nov)

Tulica v Agentia Nationala de Administrare Fiscala—Directia Generalia de Solutionare a Contestatilor and another case C-249/12 and C-250/12, [2013] All ER (D) 121 (Nov)

Cody v Murray and others [2013] EWHC 3448 (Ch), [2013] All ER (D) 217 (Nov)

Evans v Wimbledon & Putney Commons Conservators [2013] EWHC 3411 (Admin), [2013] All ER (D) 110 (Nov)

Behague v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2013] UKFTT 596 (TC), [2013] All ER (D) 120 (Nov)

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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
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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