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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7673

23 October 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Nicholas Dobson digs up the reinterment of Richard III

TUV v Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust [2015] EWHC 2829 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 70 (Oct)

Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust v A and others [2015] EWHC 2828 (Fam), [2015] All ER (D) 90 (Oct)

Mandalia v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 59, [2015] All ER (D) 97 (Oct)

Aidiniantz v Aidiniantz and others [2015] EWCOP 65, [2015] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

Gohil v Gohil [2015] UKSC 61, [2015] All ER (D) 100 (Oct)

Elaine Palser considers the latest authorities on the Quistclose trust

Caroline Lucas MP and others v Security Service and others [2015] UKIPTrib 14_79-CH, [2015] All ER (D) 104 (Oct)

Flynn Pharma Ltd v Drugsrus Ltd and another [2015] EWHC 2759 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 53 (Oct)

How to reject, consumer style & “Where does that sweet DJ sit?”

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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
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’ 
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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