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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7368

07 May 2009
IN THIS ISSUE
Life of a trade union lawyer

Geoffrey Bindman recalls communist intrigue and underhand government manoeuvres

07 May 2009 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Criminal law—Sexual offences—Whether defence of doli incapax abolished

R v JTB [2009] UKHL 20, [2009] All ER (D) 211 (Apr)

07 May 2009
An uncertain prognosis Premium Content

The new concept of indirect disability discrimination is set to cause confusion, say Naomi Feinstein & Helena Davies

07 May 2009 / Helena Davies / Naomi Feinstein
LSC criticised for failing to consult on reductions

Profession

07 May 2009
CVAs may increase

News in brief

07 May 2009
High earners list published

Warning that payments to lawyers and firms alike have potential to mislead

07 May 2009
Bonus refused

News in brief

07 May 2009
The waiting game Premium Content

Nicholas Bevan & Andrew Stinchcombe trace the road ahead for pleural plaque compensation

07 May 2009 / Andrew Stinchcombe / Nicholas Bevan
Breaches on rise

Employment

07 May 2009
Flaws in the system Premium Content

Is the weight of legislation affecting the administration of justice? James Kirby reports

07 May 2009 / James Kirby
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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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