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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7609

06 June 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

David Greene ponders the benefits of adopting a less adversarial & more international approach to litigation

Chris Bryden & Michael Salter discuss presidential guidance

Natasha Phillips underlines the importance of mortgage capacity assessments in divorce proceedings

Does parliamentary privilege extend to the extra-parliamentary repetition of evidence previously given before a select committee? Neil Parpworth reports

Ian Gascoigne & Nicola Daniels consider international dimensions to the service conundrum

Agreeing extensions, save ££££££s online & consumers growing stronger

Groarke v Fontaine [2014] EWHC 1676 (QB), [2014] All ER (D) 186 (May)

Revenue and Customs Commissioners v Winnington Networks Ltd and another company [2014] EWHC 1259 (Ch), [2014] All ER (D) 207 (May)

R (on the application of Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs [2014] EWCA Civ 708, [2014] All ER (D) 212 (May)

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v TH and another [2014] EWCOP 4, [2014] All ER (D) 209 (May)

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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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