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Issue: Vol 159, Issue 7370

21 May 2009
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Costs—Criminal costs—Power to award costs out of central funds

Brewer v Secretary of State for Justice [2009] EWHC 987 (QB), [2009] All ER (D) 95 (May)

21 May 2009
Fee simple? Premium Content

Part six: Mark Solon discusses disputes over experts' fees

21 May 2009 / Mark Solon
Rolls-Royce’s plan backfires

Power systems provider’s submission given the red light in age discrimination decision

21 May 2009
A Titanic challenge? Premium Content

Michael Zander QC examines Lord Justice Jackson's preliminary report for indications of his cost recommendations

21 May 2009 / Michael Zander KC
Trouble brewing over redundancies

News in brief

21 May 2009
Jurisdiction matters Premium Content

Part 2: Richard Scorer believes Rome II is imprecise and does not provide sufficient certainty

21 May 2009 / Richard Scorer
Back to the future Premium Content

The costs team at Kings Chambers warns against the dangers of overlooking past regulations

21 May 2009
Counting the cost Premium Content

Alison Pickup hopes the decision in Scott indicates a promising future

21 May 2009 / Alison Pickup
Adjudicator fees Premium Content

Sean Brannigan QC & Elspeth Owens look closely at who pays fees & costs in adjudications

21 May 2009 / Sean Brannigan KC / Elspeth Owens
A one-way street? Premium Content

Jennifer James contemplates Lord Justice Jackson’s legacy...

21 May 2009 / Jennifer James
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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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