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Issue: Vol 157, Issue 7284

02 August 2007
IN THIS ISSUE
FORCED OUT

In brief

02 August 2007
Unfair prejudice Premium Content

Can a CVA work to release guarantor obligations? ask Joseph Ollech and Helen Bourne

02 August 2007 / Joseph Ollech
Joy over tax ruling may be short-lived

News

02 August 2007
Divorce law update Premium Content

Charman and special contribution >>
TRUSTEES IN BANkRUPTCY >>
equal division of assets >>

02 August 2007
A new beginning? Premium Content

Gordon Brown has shown he is willing to duck convention, but his legislative programme contains few surprises so far, says John Ludlow

02 August 2007 / John Ludlow
A rap on the knuckles Premium Content

The government’s mismanagement of the new Ministry of Justice shows it has learnt little from earlier mistakes, says Professor Michael Zander QC

02 August 2007 / Michael Zander KC
Picture of innocence Premium Content

The presumption of innocence is being eroded by
the press and politicians, says Paul Firth

02 August 2007 / Paul Firth
A hidden trap? Premium Content

What happens when there is not enough money to satisfy legacies and devise? C I Howells reports

02 August 2007 / C I Howells
SO-SO ESO

In brief

02 August 2007
Judges in the dock Premium Content

Hostility and animosity. Louis Flannery looks at
a shocking case of judicial bias

02 August 2007 / Louis Flannery KC
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NLJ this week: Divorce ‘nuclear weapon’ freezes assets but entangles outsiders
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 
NLJ this week: What counts as ‘rent’? Court says labour alone won’t do
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
Your magistrates’ court needs you!
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
NLJ this week: Freed but failed—justice system leaves the innocent empty-handed
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’
NLJ this week: Clarity on whistleblowing, settlements and tribunal limits
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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