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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7405

18 February 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

Eversheds has appointed Charles Reynard as partner to its corporate practice. Charles previously held positions as legal director for Scottish Power and partner at Nabarro.

Jennifer Dumencic from Warrington will receive the inaugural Resolution prize for her outstanding performance in family law.

Moira Elms, global people & culture, brand & communications leader at PwC, has been appointed to the advisory board of the Linklaters Law & Business School.

The number of legal disputes over children received by client introduction firm Contact Law jumped 49% in January

A contractual right to alter terms and conditions of employment to meet changing business needs, contained in a company handbook, is enough to allow an employer to make unilateral changes, including rates of pay and hours of work, without obtaining the further consent of employees.

The balance between big business and injured people is “tipping the wrong way”, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL) has claimed.

Court rules in favour of full publication of Divisional Court judge’s reasoning

Re M (vulnerable adult) (testamentary capacity) [2009] EWHC 2525 (Fam), [2009] All ER (D) 314 (Oct)

Glencore Energy UK Ltd v Transworld Oil Ltd [2010] EWHC 141 (Comm), [2010] All ER (D) 105 (Feb)

Irish Reel Productions Ltd v Capitol Films Ltd [2010] EWHC 180 (Ch), [2010] All ER (D) 111 (Feb)

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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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