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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7812

12 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

“It is a book that could be cited in court with confidence”

Are the courts softening their approach to late changes to experts? Dr Chris Pamplin reports

Mark Solon shares some tips for would-be expert witnesses

Ticket touts, inflated prices and misleading information. Alec Samuels looks at the problematic area of resold tickets

Neil Parpworth considers the current arguments and sensitivities surrounding the use of stop and search

Michael Zander QC considers a sobering new report on the UK’s collision course towards a no deal Brexit

In this month’s brief, Ian Smith shines the spotlight on some age-old ambiguities

What authority does the government have to limit the participation of pension funds in political campaigns, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

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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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