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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7663

31 July 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

CILEx examines why employers are embracing on-the-job training

The issues of information & consultation on collective redundancies have been revisited, observes John McMullen

The Bar Standards Board considers what could be the most sweeping reforms to barristers’ training in a generation

WW v HW [2015] EWHC 1844 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 167 (Jul)

Nigel Tomlinson explains why law firms need to rewrite their professional development & training programmes

Woods Building Services v Milton Keynes Council [2015] EWHC 2011 (TCC), [2015] All ER (D) 182 (Jul)

R (on the Application of AM) v General Medical Council [2015] EWHC 2096 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 208 (Jul)

Martin Burns underlines the importance of committing to continuous learning & development

Hunt v North Somerset Council [2015] UKSC 51, [2015] All ER (D) 230 (Jul)

Coventry and others v Lawrence and another [2015] UKSC 50, [2015] All ER (D) 234 (Jul)

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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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