THIS ISSUE
Gill O’Connor reports on the impact of the restriction of single joint expert reports in the family courts
Nicholas Dobson examines the Supreme Court’s approach to the police stop and search power in s 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
Chris Deacon & Dr Linda Monaci provide a legal & medico-legal perspective of expert evidence in foreign applicable law cases
Brown and another, the joint administrators of Loanwell Ltd v Stonegale Ltd [2016] UKSC 30, [2016] All ER (D) 133 (Jun)
Heythrop Zoological Gardens Ltd and another v Captive Animals Protection Society [2016] EWHC 1370 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 126 (Jun)
Nissan Jidosha KK v European Union Intellectual Property Office C-207/15 P, [2016] All ER (D) 130 (Jun)
BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services Ltd v LBG Capital No 1 Plc and another [2016] UKSC 29, [2016] All ER (D) 89 (Jun)
Harb v Prince Abdul Aziz bin Fahd bin Abdul Aziz [2016] EWCA Civ 556, [2016] All ER (D) 102 (Jun)
Should expert witnesses always be named, asks Chris Pamplin
"Enforcement of Consumer Rights and Protections is an extraordinary achievement"
MOVERS & SHAKERS
London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy
Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year
Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles
Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family
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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