THIS ISSUE
Brice Dickson crunches the numbers to illustrate the Supreme Court justices’ year
Daniel Bacon looks at tax & other issues driving landlords from the residential housing market
Deborah Ruff & Charles Golsong consider the factors likely to affect arbitration at home & abroad in 2024
As the court orders Israel to prevent genocidal acts, Marc Weller analyses the decision, the response & its implications
Michael Zander KC on why the correction of miscarriages of justice is so slow…
It’s arguably the most important rule of international law, trumping all domestic legislation. Malcolm Bishop KC examines jus cogens in the context of the Rwanda Bill
Legislating to exonerate the subpostmasters would create an illusion of justice, says John Gould. The proper approach should be to speed up the process, not abandon it
Flexi gets flexier; Unpaid carer boost; Latest CPR update; Exclusion clause blues; Ombudspals
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) case on Gaza brought by South Africa against Israel has ‘commanded world-wide attention’ and ‘received a mixed reception’, Marc Weller, professor of international law at Cambridge University and associate tenant, Doughty Street, writes in this week’s NLJ
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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