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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7723

18 November 2016

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Re Ellison (A Bankrupt); Hicken (as Trustee in Bankruptcy of Ellison) v Ellison [2016] EWHC 2791 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 76 (Nov)

Roderick Ramage reworks William Shakespeare in bite-size format

Re Pablo Star Ltd Price v Registrar of Companies and another [2016] EWHC 2640 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 66 (Nov)

Christopher Hutton & Aniko Adam examine the implications of Brexit for UK competition law

Roger Smith reports on the rise & rise of digital technology

AS v TH and others [2016] EWHC 2825 (Fam), [2016] All ER (D) 77 (Nov)

Watts v Secretary of State for Health [2016] EWHC 2835 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 78 (Nov)

Zoya Ltd v Ahmed (t/a Property Mart) [2016] EWHC 2249 (Ch), [2016] All ER (D) 75 (Nov)

Fee remission less painful; divorce competitions & civil appeal form changes

Tamsin Cox & Julia Petrenko examine a useful authority for freeholders of residential buildings in relation to Airbnb

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Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders

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

NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do

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

NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed

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’

NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits

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’

NLJ this week: Family law urged to ditch adversarial instincts

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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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7723

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood