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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7655

05 June 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Gulati and others v MGN Ltd [2015] EWHC 1482 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 199 (May)

Post Macris, Alan Ward predicts a significant change in how regulatory enforcement in the City is conducted & publicised

CHS v DNH [2015] EWHC 1214 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 212 (May)

Higgins v Home Office and another UKEAT/0296/14/LA, [2015] All ER (D) 162 (May)

It’s never too late to ensure that statutory procedures have been followed, says Andrew Skelly

Financial Conduct Authority v Macris [2015] EWCA Civ 490, [2015] All ER (D) 178 (May)

James v Ireland [2015] EWHC 1259 (QB), [2015] EWHC 1259 (QB)

Contractual changes can be agreed despite not meeting contract formalities, says Chris Nillesen

Re M (Children) [2015] EWHC 1433 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 204 (May)

AR v RN [2015] UKSC 35, [2015] All ER (D) 201 (May)

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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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