THIS ISSUE
Peter Robinson analyses the government’s extension of moratorium on eviction
Carin Hunt provides an update on the meaning of the tort jurisdiction gateway in light of one of the longest-running jurisdiction disputes in English personal injury law
Are you sitting comfortably? Ian Smith delves into three cases, including employment lawyers being advised not to indulge in fairy stories…
‘Reasonable belief as to boundary?’: Caroline Shea QC & Gavin Bennison report on adverse possession under the Land Registration Act 2002
In the public interest? Michael Zander considers the government’s Overseas Operations Bill
The right mental health initiatives can support your people & your firm’s bottom line, says Claire Williamson
The Bar Council has published three guides on race inequality at the Bar, as the legal profession marks Black History Month
Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse puts Anglican Church under the spotlight
Law chiefs troubled at PM’s attempt to ‘politicise’ lawyers
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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