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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7777

19 January 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
All change?
19 January 2018
Weekly law digests Premium Content
19 January 2018
Data, disclosure & de-identification Premium Content

Will proposed offences in the Data Protection Bill make criminals of us all? Stewart Duffy investigates

19 January 2018 / Stewart Duffy
My will, my way Premium Content

Are unconventional methods of will making about to become our everyday reality? Monika Byrska considers the options

19 January 2018 / Monika Byrska
Call my bluff Premium Content

Geoffrey Bindman explains why deceiving the court is not a good idea

19 January 2018 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Law versus reality on solicitors’ bills Premium Content

A recent decision on billing comes under fire for generating unacceptable confusion 

19 January 2018 / Graham Huntley
Music festivals— a walk in the park? Premium Content

Nicholas Dobson explores the reasons why Wireless Festival 2016 was a lawfully held event

19 January 2018 / Nicholas Dobson
Opt-out still alive despite early setbacks Premium Content

It’s been one problem after another so far, but Chris Owen remains optimistic about the future for collective redress

19 January 2018 / Chris Owen
Wills, spills, forgery & other ills Premium Content

It’s a family affair: Constance McDonnell presents a review of key contentious probate cases

19 January 2018 / Constance McDonnell KC
New year, new Lord Chancellor Premium Content

David Greene hopes David Gauke is allowed to stay in the role long enough to make a difference

18 January 2018 / David Greene
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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
Your magistrates’ court needs you!
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
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’ 
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