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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7403

04 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

R (on the application of Usk Valley Conservation Group and others) v Brecon Beacons National Park Authority [2010] EWHC 71 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 194 (Jan)

American Express Services Europe Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2010] EWHC 120 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 206 (Jan)

European Commission v Ireland C-456/08, [2010] All ER (D) 205 (Jan)

Draft Damages-Based Agreements Regulations 2010

Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Matters Subject to Legal Privilege) Order 2010

Work and Families Act 2006 (Commencement No 3) Order 2010

R (on the application of Huitson) v HM Revenue and Customs [2010] EWHC 97 (Admin), [2010] All ER (D) 180 (Jan)

The ink is hardly dry on the Jackson Report on the civil costs regime and the government is already moving swiftly on one of the recommendations.

Since last April many hospitals and care homes have had the power to deprive people of their liberty.

The High Court handed down a series of judgments at the tail end of last year relating to various issues affecting the enforceability of consumer credit loans

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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
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’
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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