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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7254

04 January 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

New regulations giving extended legal rights to working parents will be problematic when introduced in April, employers questioned in a recent survey say.

Olafsson v Gissurarson
[2006] EWHC 3162 (QB), [2006] All ER (D) 345 (Dec)

No matter how strong a negligence and maladministration claim against HMRC, it will almost certainly fail as a matter of principle. Glyn Maddocks explains

In brief

A recent European Court of Justice ruling provides useful guidance on what constitutes misleading advertising, says Helen Hart

John Jackson argues that the Director of Public Prosecutions should have sole responsibility for making decisions to prosecute

What constitutes continuous discrimination for limitation purposes? Stephen Bartlet-Jones and Anisa Niaz-Dickinson report

Inappropriate interference and an inferior and expensive complaints system may undermine the benefits of the Legal Services Bill, says Stephen Hockman QC

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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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