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Issue: Vol 158, Issue 7314

27 March 2008
IN THIS ISSUE

D v H [2008] EWHC 559 (Fam), [2008] All ER (D) 286 (Mar)

News In Brief

Accomodating 16 - and 17 - year olds, Intentional homelessness, Tolerated tresspassers

The NLJ Column

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/656)

Roger Smith examines the Legal Services Commission's proposals for competitive tendering

Partner on retirement repayment, capital, annuity

Byron James takes the law into his own hands with the modern application of an age-old remedy

Lapsed warning, redundancy, EU Industrial action

The Budget will have made the chancellor few new friends at home or abroad, says Peter Vaines

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green

Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge

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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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