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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7665

14 August 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Are the courts returning to a more traditional approach to the construction of contracts, asks Benjamin Pilling QC

Reed Employment plc and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2015] EWCA Civ 805, [2015] All ER (D) 322 (Jul)

Dr Chris Pamplin looks at some common mathematical errors that have led courts astray, and how to avoid them

Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co KG v Mutual Benefits Assurance Company [2015] EWHC 2304 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 01 (Aug)

Richard Green examines the implications of low-level asbestos exposure cases for the legal profession

A Bill of Rights is not to be messed with: Michael Zander on the Tory plan to scrap the Human Rights Act

Lachaux v Independent Print Ltd; Lachaux v Evening Standard Ltd; Lachaux v AOL (UK) Ltd [2015] EWHC 2242 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 02 (Aug)

How can developers override private rights of light under s 237 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990, ask Andrew Francis & Dilpreet K Dhanoa

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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