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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7726

09 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A-Z of cross border disputes, post-Brexit

John McMullen discusses TUPE & service provision change disputes

In a second in a series of articles, Frank Maher advises upon how to discover rogue partners & employees

Qader and others v Esure Services Ltd; Khan and another v McGee [2016] EWCA Civ 1109, [2016] All ER (D) 156 (Nov)

Athelstane Aamodt examines the new CPS guidance on cases involving communications sent via social media

 

Jon Holland & Catherine Robert forecast the implications of Brexit for financial crime regulation

Azur Space Solar Power GmbH v European Union Intellectual Property Office T-614/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 14 (Dec)

R (on the application of K and others) v Secretary of State for Defence and another [2016] EWCA Civ 1149, [2016] All ER (D) 133 (Nov)

Jonathan Pickworth & Jonah Anderson examine the proposed unexplained wealth order regime

 

Hamilton v Kuoni Travel Ltd [2016] EWHC 3090 (QB), [2016] All ER (D) 13 (Dec)

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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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