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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7811

05 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

In the first of a special series of LexisNexis Legal Awards Profiles, we speak to David Pryce, the managing partner of 2018's Law Firm of the Year, Fenchurch Law

Richard Harrison considers Hamilton’s written advocacy skills as exemplified in The Reynolds Pamphlet

Claire Kitchen shares best practice advice on how to deal with the actions & behaviours of the perpetrators of harassment & stalking

97, 98, 100; new CPR update; bonus for ice cream vans; cold calling targeted.

The High Court rules that the MIB is an emanation of the state. Nicholas Bevan reports.

Can there be an express declaration of trust, without any declaration? Mark Warwick QC investigates

Clarity on non-party documentation: David Burrows investigates the power to order production of documents in family cases

Steve Hynes welcomes the Labour party’s commitment to widening access to justice & hopes the government will track back from LASPO

Modern family types outside marriage for heterosexuals to be recognised

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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