THIS ISSUE
More than half a loaf: Tesco, Sarclad & the case for individual DPAs by Eoin O’Shea & Emma Shafton
Nicholas Dobson reflects on how & why the recent private prosecution against Boris Johnson failed
Anthony Owen has some words of advice for long leaseholders applying for relief from forfeiture: time is of the essence
Dishonest exaggeration in clinical negligence claims: Mark Ashley, Stuart Wallace, Ruth Crackett take a closer look
Veronica Cowan explains why it’s time for conveyancing firms to embrace digitalisation & adopt modern work practices
Group litigation orders offer a pragmatic solution to the Australian ‘beauty parade’ trend in shareholder class actions, explain Gavin Foggo & Andrew Hill
GDPR, immigration & enforcement among issues facing profession post-Brexit
Ministers and senior officials from more than 50 countries will gather in Singapore next week to support a new international treaty on mediation.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy
Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year
Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles
Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family
Foot Anstey—five promotions
Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas
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
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’
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