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Issue: Vol 164, Issue 7630

14 November 2014
IN THIS ISSUE

Silke N Kumpf considers the significance of the worldwide rise in Islamic finance structures

Cruz City 1 Mauritius Holdings v Unitech Ltd and others [2014] EWHC 3131 (Comm), [2014] All ER (D) 27 (Oct)

Halawi v WDFG UK Ltd T/A World Duty Free [2014] EWCA Civ 1387, [2014] All ER (D) 325 (Oct)

Olainfarm AS v Latvijas Republikas Veselibas ministrija and another C-104/13, [2014] All ER (D) 322 (Oct)

Prest v Prest [2014] EWHC 3430 (Fam), [2014] All ER (D) 277 (Oct)

HTC Corporation v Gemalto S.A. [2014] EWCA Civ 1335, [2014] All ER (D) 274 (Oct)

Surrey (UK) Ltd v Mazandaran Wood & Paper Industries [2014] EWHC 3165 (Comm)

Wobben Properties GmbH v Siemens Public Ltd Company and others [2014] EWHC 3173 (Pat), [2014] All ER (D) 47 (Oct)

Galiazia v Governor of HMP Hewell and another [2014] EWHC 3427 (Admin), [2014] All ER (D) 264 (Oct)

Chris Pamplin looks at recent moves by the Ministry of Justice to control the whiplash claims industry & MROs

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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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