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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7653

22 May 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Reverend Nicolson) v Tottenham Magistrates [2015] EWHC 1252 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 54 (May)

The introduction of LLPs & ABSs has had unforeseen consequences for professional executors, says Sian Thompson

Thomas Spencer suggests an elegant but overlooked approach for lifting the corporate veil

Starbucks (HK) Ltd and another v British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc and others [2015] UKSC 31, [2015] All ER (D) 103 (May)

R (on the application of Williams by his father and litigation friend Richard Williams) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1268 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 96 (May)

Blood is not necessarily thicker than water where will validity is concerned, observes Emma Myers

Gaughran v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland [2015] UKSC 29, [2015] All ER (D) 100 (May)

Chinnock v Veale Wasbrough and another [2015] EWCA Civ 441, [2015] All ER (D) 65 (May)

Jonathan Herring questions the family courts’ treatment of wilful children

Cashman v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust [2015] EWHC 1312 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 104 (May)

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

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

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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
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’ 
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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