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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7652

15 May 2015
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Libel & slander Premium Content

Barron MP and others v Collins MEP [2015] EWHC 1125 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 237 (Apr)

15 May 2015
Conflict of laws Premium Content

AmTrust Europe Ltd v Trust Risk Group SpA [2015] EWCA Civ 437, [2015] All ER (D) 17 (May)

15 May 2015
Part 36 recast Premium Content

Emma Reynolds & Emily Tearle discuss whether the new Pt 36 regime is an opportunity seized or overlooked

15 May 2015 / Emily Tearle / Emma Reynolds
Extradition Premium Content

Polish Judicial Authorities v Celinski and others; Slovakian Judicial Authority v Cambal; R (on the application of Inglot) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another [2015] EWHC 1274 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 37 (May)

15 May 2015
Chronicle of a death foretold (Pt 2) Premium Content

Kerry Underwood continues his analysis of the decline & fall of ABSs

15 May 2015 / Kerry Underwood
Gove becomes Lord Chancellor

Legal profession awaits new Justice Secretary’s plans with bated breath

14 May 2015
Costs budget woes

Leading judge calls for more action from lawyers

14 May 2015
BSB seeks to help chambers in distress
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Shorter, more flexible trials
14 May 2015
Where in the world do firms wish to expand?
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

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Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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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
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’ 
NLJ this week: Family law urged to ditch adversarial instincts
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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