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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7281

12 July 2007
IN THIS ISSUE

Public authorities should have a duty of care to parents as well as children in suspected child abuse cases, says Seamus Burns

Re S (Omission from judgment: Duty of counsel) [2007] The Times, 2 July

Faced with the tedium of a messy divorce DJ Dithering takes drastic steps…

In brief

In brief

R (Singh) v Stratford Magistrates’ Court [2007] EWHC 1582 (Admin), [2007] All ER (D) 30 (Jul)

Good decision-making depends on transparency and proper reasoning, says Nicholas Dobson

R (CPS) v Crown Court at Guildford [2007] All ER (D) 46 (Jul)

Professor Michael Zander QC reports on the government’s dusty response to the Constitutional Affairs Committee report on the Carter reforms

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

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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