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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7626

17 October 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

CompactGTL Ltd v Velocys plc and others; Velocys Inc v CompactGTL Ltd and another [2014] EWHC 2951 (Pat), [2014] All ER (D) 148 (Sep)

R (on the application of London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association and another) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 3020 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 145 (Sep)

Cranford Community College v Cranford College Ltd [2014] EWHC 2999 (IPEC), [2014] All ER (D) 146 (Sep)

Marley v Rawlings and another [2014] UKSC 51, [2014] All ER (D) 135 (Sep)

Mark Solon outlines the new guidance for experts in civil claims

Catherine Cameron suggests that only the paranoid survive

“Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement is the leasehold bible”

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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