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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7361

19 March 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Professional services report

News in brief

19 March 2009
A quick fix or a long battle? Premium Content

Part 2: Early neutral evaluation or arbitration? Emma Sadler considers the alternatives to litigation

19 March 2009 / Emma Sadler
Civil litigation

Bovale Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2009] EWCA Civ 171, [2009]

19 March 2009
ECJ passes the buck Premium Content

Will the government blow the whistle on forced retirement? Charles Pigott reports

19 March 2009 / Charles Pigott
The knowledge question Premium Content

Will employers pay the price for passive smoking in the workplace? Andrew Buchan reports

19 March 2009 / Andrew Buchan
Fighting for liberty Premium Content

Roger Smith salutes two judicial superstars with impeccable human rights credentials

19 March 2009 / Roger Smith
Corrections

News in brief

19 March 2009
Foreign intervention Premium Content

Geoffrey Bindman recalls a disturbing encounter with German criminal justice

19 March 2009 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
A fair deal? Premium Content

Mark Parkhouse & Kerry Scott on the criticism of pre-package administrations

19 March 2009 / Mark Parkhouse / Kerry Scott
Family justice inquiry

Family

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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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
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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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