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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7785

16 March 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Kim Harrison discusses consent & the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in relation to child sexual exploitation

Debate over the ‘compensation culture’ should eschew the insults and focus on common areas of agreement, says Gary Beazleigh

Graeme Fraser discusses extending civil partnerships to opposite-sex couples

Steve Hynes discusses the root causes of a big rise in employment tribunal cases

John Gould explains why honesty & integrity are not the same

Ben Amunwa covers an international commercial dispute over unconscious bias

Charting the latest developments on the ‘road to Brexit’

Alan Sheeley & Emilie Jones review the role & scope of litigation privilege in internal investigations

The Director of Public Prosecution’s disclosure nightmare seems to be getting worse by the week. Jon Robins reviews 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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