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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7792

11 May 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Weekly law digests Premium Content
11 May 2018
#The Law Is Broken Premium Content

Jon Robins laments the state of a criminal justice system beset by legal aid cuts, unconscious bias & miscarriages of justice

11 May 2018 / Dr Jon Robins
Losing out on the lost years Premium Content

Child claimants as well as adults should be able to recover damages for ‘lost years’, says David Regan

11 May 2018 / David Regan
Civil way: 11 May 2018 Premium Content
11 May 2018
The common touch Premium Content

Michael Nash considers the history & complexities of the Commonwealth & salutes a fine British tradition

11 May 2018
Wrongs to be righted Premium Content

Duncan Bain fears the hostile environment for the Windrush generation has wider repercussions

11 May 2018 / Duncan Bain
Oil leaks, anchor defendants & duty of care Premium Content

Charlotte Hill dissects the much-anticipated judgment in Okpabi v Shell, where accountability for pollution in Nigeria was sought in the English courts

11 May 2018 / Charlotte Hill
A costs conundrum Premium Content

Can litigation funding negate a security for costs application, asks Georgina Squire

10 May 2018 / Georgina Squire
Employment law brief: 10 May 2018 Premium Content

Ian Smith gets in line & tackles variation, termination & compensation

10 May 2018 / Ian Smith
Compensation test too high

Current regime provides little redress for victims of miscarriages of justice

10 May 2018
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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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