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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7819

30 November 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Clare Arthurs & Richard Marshall share an (almost) A to Z of life in the costs lane

​Mark Whittell offers a novel solution to the stresses & strains of the boundary dispute

​Hannah Carroll considers the use of exclusive arbitration agreements in workplace disputes

Latest CPR update; family changes too; Costs Guide Revival; Fast then Small; Family Orders march on

Laura Martin recommends adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to occupational & industrial disease claims

Alec Samuels explores a defence that can reduce murder to manslaughter

David Burrows shines the spotlight on the latest developments in evidence & family law

​In the second part of this special series on road traffic accident reform, Nicholas Bevan reports on the difficulties of regulating highly & semi-automated vehicles

Peter Thompson QC reports from the front line on the challenges of litigating by proxy

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Switalskis—Naila Arif, Harriet Findlay & Ellie Thompson

Firm awards training contracts to paralegals through internal programme

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Ward Hadaway—Matthew Morton

Private client disputes specialist joins commercial litigation team

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Thomson Hayton Winkley—Nina Hood

Cumbria firm appoints new head of residential property

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
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’ 
Family law must shift from conflict-driven litigation to child-centred problem-solving, according to a major new report. Writing in NLJ this week, Caroline Bowden of Anthony Gold outlines findings showing overwhelming support for reform, with 92% agreeing lawyers owe duties to children as well as clients
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