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Issue: Vol 165, Issue 7680

11 December 2015
IN THIS ISSUE

Henry Hadaway Organisation Ltd v Pickwick Group Ltd and others [2015] EWHC 3407 (IPEC), [2015] All ER (D) 231 (Nov)

Re Snelling House Ltd;Alford and another v Barton and others [2015] Lexis Citation 278, [2015] All ER (D) 22 (Dec)

Andy Creer looks at the decision in Jewelcraft

Harding trading as MJ Harding Contractors v Paice and another [2015] EWCA Civ 1231, [2015] All ER (D) 11 (Dec)

Harvey v Dunbar Assets plc (No 2) [2015] EWHC 3355 (Ch), [2015] All ER (D) 02 (Dec)

Richard Scorer & Kim Harrison explain why anti-slavery legislation needs sharper teeth

IG Index Ltd v Ehrentreu [2015] EWHC 3390 (QB), [2015] All ER (D) 255 (Nov)

Andrew Stafford QC & Carlos Pires analyse dysfunctional partnerships

Marks and Spencer plc v BNP Paribas Securities Services Trust Company (Jersey) Ltd and another [2015] UKSC 72, [2015] All ER (D) 24 (Dec)

Leading industry bodies have joined together to reduce conflict in the construction & engineering industry, say Brendan Van Rooyen & Martin Burns

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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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