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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7622

19 September 2014

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Where should the victims of the Rotherham abuse scandal seek compensation, asks Richard Scorer

How can you protect shares in a family business on divorce, asks Anna Heenan

Donald Lambert discusses not just any break clause, but an M&S break clause

Re ED (A Child) (Jurisdiction: parental responsibility) [2014] EWHC 2731 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 50 (Aug)

William McCormick QC & Faisel Sadiq report on Patel v Mirza & the dangers of relying on illegal contracts

Lim (an infant) v Walia [2014] EWCA Civ 1076, [2014] All ER (D) 55 (Aug)

Amlin Corporate Member Ltd and others v Oriental Assurance Corporation [2014] EWCA Civ 1135, [2014] All ER (D) 54 (Aug)

Re X and others (deprivation of liberty) [2014] EWCOP 25, [2014] All ER (D) 43 (Aug)

William Mark Corporation v Gift House International Ltd [2014] EWHC 2845 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 127 (Aug)

Baturina v Chistyakov [2014] EWCA Civ 1134, [2014] All ER (D) 38 (Aug)

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London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7622

MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Foot Anstey—five promotions