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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7629

07 November 2014

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A recent study highlights the fragile & fractured nature of our justice system, says Jon Robins

Simon Hughes MP responds to Graham Lyons about the future of mediation

Spencer Keen outlines some valuable guidance about the tax treatment of termination payments

Jonathan Herring reports on a rare case of divorce fraud

Laura Trezise outlines a successful defence of an asbestos related claim pursued under the Occupiers Liability Act

Stephanie Cope considers the Court of Appeal’s stance on Equality Act assessors in Cary

K and another v FY and another [2014] EWHC 3111 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 84 (Oct)

Kellie and another v Wheatley & Lloyd Architects Ltd [2014] EWHC 2212 (TCC), [2014] All ER (D) 20 (Oct)

R (on the application of Whitson) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 3044 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 24 (Oct)

Re X (A Child) (Surrogacy: Time limit) [2014] EWHC 3135 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 48 (Oct)

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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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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 7629

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green