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Issue: Vol 167, Issue 7763

28 September 2017
IN THIS ISSUE

Jon Robins welcomes Lord Bach’s proposal to put legal advice on a par with the right to free healthcare & education

With a further shift expected to the discount rate, Julian Chamberlayne questions how much under compensation is considered full compensation?

Should a week’s pay be calculated to include employer’s pension contributions, asks Charles Pigott

Rupert Reed QC puts the security of the landlord’s rights under the spotlight

A warning from Martin Mears that landlords are at risk from a pernicious & unjust rule concerning tenants’ deposits

Nicholas Roberts explores the practicalities of assigning responsibility for fire safety in long leasehold flats

This week, Dominic Regan addresses estimates & revisits the problem of incurred costs

CPR updated 92nd time, new PD on child abuse, QOCS skirmish

Max Withington believes proposed model directions to be used in credit hire cases are on the right track

Rasul v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKUT 357 (TCC), [2017] All ER (D) 88 (Sep)

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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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