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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7440

03 November 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

So you think that the criminal justice system and crown courts have little to do with you? Maybe you should think again...

One of the key findings of our seventh Litigation Trends Survey is the extent to which UK businesses have faced a marked increase in regulatory scrutiny

Simon Blain digests some bread & butter cases

Jayne Edwards examines the effects of an ageing working population

Adam Rosenthal & Joseph Ollech report on elephant traps, technical gymnastics & compliance

David Branson explores the differences between criminal & civil liability for health & safety

Louisa Albertini discusses regime change at the Patents County Court

Claire Sanders reports on the sensitivities of disclosure in forced marriage cases

Robson v Robson [2010] EWCA Civ 1171, [2010] All ER (D) 262 (Oct)

Alvarez v Sesa Start Espana ETT SA C-104/09, [2010] All ER (D) 277 (Oct)
Court of Justice of the European Union (Second Chamber), Judges Cunha Rodrigues (President of the Chamber), Lindh (Rapporteur), Rosas, Lohmus and O Caoimh, 30 Sep 2010

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy

Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles

Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Foot Anstey—five promotions

Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas

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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