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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7667

11 September 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Post Deepwater, Richard Lissack QC & Fiona Horlick review the implications of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case) Regulations 2015

Frank Maher issues a final warning for solicitors to respond to the SRA discussion paper on PII cover

NP v JP and another [2015] EWHC 2551 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 27 (Sep)

AB International (HK) Holdings plc and another v AB Clearing Corporation Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 2196 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 28 (Sep)

Jasinavicius v Ministry of Justice, Republic of Lithuania [2015] EWHC 2417 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 301 (Jun)

Information Commissioner v Colenso-Dunne [2015] UKUT 471 (AAC), [2015] All ER (D) 15 (Sep)

Sang Stone Hamoon Jonoub Co Ltd v Baoyue Shipping Co Ltd “Bao Yue” [2015] EWHC 2288 (Comm), [2015] All ER (D) 114 (Aug)

Stephen Levinson analyses the results of enquiries into the impact of the fees in employment tribunals

A Local Authority v AF and others [2015] EWFC 74, [2015] All ER (D) 23 (Sep)

Law Society issues employment proposals amid fee controversy

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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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