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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7657

19 June 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Has our approach to maintenance changed forever, asks Charlotte Doherty

Michael Zander QC considers whether the UK Bill of Rights will ever happen

Daniel Robinson puts charity law under the spotlight

Henrietta Mason considers recent procedural developments in contentious succession

2015 and beyond: are lawyers impervious to change? Mark Surguy & Rob Jones share their thoughts with Tracey Stretton

R v Thames Water Utilities Ltd [2015] EWCA Crim 960, [2015] All ER (D) 31 (Jun)

Johnston v City of Westminster [2015] EWCA Civ 554, [2015] All ER (D) 29 (Jun)

R (on the application of Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice; R (on the application of Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 1565 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 84 (Jun)

Arnold v Britton and others [2015] UKSC 36, [2015] All ER (D) 108 (Jun)

R (on the application of Ms C and another) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Zacchaeus 2000 Trust intervening) [2015] EWHC 1607 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 47 (Jun)

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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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