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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7627

24 October 2014
IN THIS ISSUE
Mind over matter Premium Content

Tim Spencer-Lane reports on a ground-breaking Mental Health Bill

23 October 2014 / Tim Spencer-Lane
The sleeping dragon Premium Content

What might the unintended consequences of repealing the Human Rights Act be? Lars Mosesson investigates

23 October 2014 / Dr Lars Mosesson
Section 2 turns 25 Premium Content

Is it a happy birthday for s 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989, asks John Sharples

23 October 2014 / John Sharples
Beware the Jabber-QOCS! Premium Content

Meghann McTague issues a particular warning to defendants in cross-border claims

23 October 2014 / Meghann McTague
Family law in crisis: Pt II Premium Content

Kim Beatson, Caroline Bowden & Ellen Lucas chart the ongoing chaos in family law proceedings

23 October 2014 / Ellen Lucas / Caroline Bowden / Kim Beatson
Employment law brief: 23 October 2014 Premium Content

The latest employment law developments constitute shots across the bows for employers & employees, says Ian Smith

23 October 2014 / Ian Smith
Compensating the consumer Premium Content

Post-Jackson could individuals wronged by Wonga secure access to the court at a reasonable cost, asks David Greene

23 October 2014 / David Greene
Causes for thought Premium Content

Roger Smith provides an overview of the latest human rights news

23 October 2014 / Roger Smith
Strange but true Premium Content

Dominic Regan considers the nail that cost a third of a million pounds & other matters

23 October 2014 / Dominic Regan
Dr Julia Schönbohm—Linklaters

Patent litigation expert joins firm's Frankfurt office

21 October 2014
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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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