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Issue: Vol 166, Issue 7727

16 December 2016
IN THIS ISSUE

Worrall v Antoniadou [2016] EWCA Civ 1219, [2016] All ER (D) 30 (Dec)

Dominic Zammit provides a guide to how to successfully brand a merger

Charles Pigott reports on an airline’s refusal to accommodate breastfeeding cabin crew being discriminatory

Can Lord Bach produce a viable blueprint for a fair system of justice, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

Jonathon Bray discusses ABS authorisation pain points

Bank of Baroda, GCC Operations and others v Nawany Marine Shipping FZE and others [2016] EWHC 3089 (Comm), [2016] All ER (D) 28 (Dec)

Groupe Go Sport v European Union Intellectual Property Office T-703/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 32 (Dec)

DHL Express (Austria) GmbH v Post-Control-Kommission and another C-2/15 , [2016] All ER (D) 34 (Dec)

Peter Thompson QC contends that setting aside a default judgment should be a free service

After Brexit: is international commercial litigation in London doomed? Pippa Rogerson examines the evidence

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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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