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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7805

09 August 2018
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Weekly law digests Premium Content
09 August 2018
Taxing matters Premium Content

Peter Vaines , tax guru & part-time bard, tackles the latest cases hitting the tax headlines, from over-reliance on residence to unlikely costs awards

09 August 2018 / Peter Vaines
Return of mutuals in the public sector? Premium Content

Peter C. Young & Martin Fone discuss how risk mutuals can provide a cost-effective option for local authorities

09 August 2018 / Martin Fone / Peter C. Young
Leasehold enfranchisement Premium Content

Professor Nick Hopkins & Thomas Nicholls outline the Law Commission’s radical plans for leasehold houses & enfranchisement law

09 August 2018 / Nick Hopkins / Thomas Nicholls
Owens & how to plead a divorce case Premium Content

Mrs Owens & the Supreme Court: was all the relevant evidence heard before the court below? David Burrows investigates

09 August 2018 / David Burrows
Employment law brief: 9 August 2018 Premium Content

Far from sleeping on the job, Ian Smith signs off for the summer with a hattrick & issues a spoiler alert

09 August 2018 / Ian Smith
Disclosure: take 2 Premium Content

Recognition of the need for change is the key first step to effecting change, says Julian Acratopulo

09 August 2018 / Julian Acratopulo
EY joins forces with Riverview Law

Global reach seen as a winning formula for the legal market

09 August 2018
LSLA president welcomes new dawn for disclosure
09 August 2018
Owens: evidence matters
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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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