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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7640

13 February 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Are “Big Pharma” & voluntary codes ending the Dark Age of industry bias, asks Sarah Moore

Catherine Urquhart reports on a new frontier in discrimination law

As post financial crisis claims against valuers decline Caterina Yandell forecasts the next wave of cases

Practitioners may be allowed to revive cases which might previously have appeared statute barred, say Jolyon Connell & Jeremy Gordon

When is a non-regulated credit agreement regulated asks Fred Philpott

Sierra Fishing Company and others v Farran and others [2015] EWHC 140 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 04 (Feb)

Re Capita Translation and Interpreting Limited [2015] EWFC 5 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 45 (Feb)

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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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