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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7624

02 October 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Hassan v United Kingdom (App. No. 29750/09), [2014] ECHR 29750/09, [2014] All ER (D) 116 (Sep)

Unaoil Ltd v Leighton Offshore Offshore PTE Ltd [2014] EWHC 2965 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 102 (Sep)

Robertson v Swift [2014] UKSC 50, [2014] All ER (D) 45 (Sep)

Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWHC 2968 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 101 (Sep

Re Aysha King (A Child) [2014] EWHC 2964 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Sep)

Simon Duncan examines the swaps mis-selling litigation.

A recent appeal court ruling highlights the flaws in a fault-based divorce system, says Ed Heaton

Marc Weller discusses implementing the pledge for extensive new powers for Scotland

Nicholas Bevan suspects an unconstitutional influence from insurers in the motor insurance sector

Ian Smith salutes the end of some long running legal uncertainties & taps into the latest trade union action.

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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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