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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7789

20 April 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

In their third update on trial technology Michael Fletcher & Helen Pugh discuss the drivers for change

Caroline Bielanska provides a case study demonstrating how lasting powers of attorney apply where an elderly relative loses capacity

Geoffrey Bindman searches for a legal justification for the recent attack by the US, Britain & France on Syria

George Hepburne Scott considers how changes to the judiciary in Poland could affect Britain’s post-Brexit extradition relationship with the EU

Uncertainty remains regarding the impact of Brexit on London’s legal community, as Julian Acratopulo explains

Private prosecutions are taking off as a useful way to protect your brand & products, as Matt Bosworth explains

Patrick Wheeler & Mette Marie Sutton explain how increased data subject access rights could wreak havoc

Ian Smith celebrates an anniversary & is proof that quality never goes out of fashion

Cumulative effect of insurer’s tactic could run to many millions of pounds

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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