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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7759

01 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Stevensdrake Ltd (trading as Stevensdrake Solicitors) v Hunt (Liquidator of Sunbow Ltd) [2017] EWCA Civ 1173, [2017] All ER (D) 34 (Aug)

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenny Bank and another v Pugachev and another [2017] EWHC 1761 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 49 (Aug)

Re Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 2031 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 44 (Aug)

Twaite v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKFTT 591 (TC), [2017] All ER (D) 39 (Aug)

Re X (A Child) (No 4) [2017] EWHC 2084 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 51 (Aug)

Officeserve Technologies Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) and another v Anthony-Mike [2017] EWHC 1920 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 37 (Aug)

Trustees of Morrison 2002 Maintenance Trust and others v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 300 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 65 (Aug)

Lord Reed’s masterly analysis in Unison is a triumph for access to justice. But what next, asks Geoffrey Bindman

Jonathan Wheeler on why strong people management skills bring business success

The silly (ice cream) season; Inside the judge’s notebook; and the 18-month trap.

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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