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Issue: Vol 160, Issue 7445

08 December 2010
IN THIS ISSUE

The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) has just completed the first ever analysis of the appointment of solicitors to judicial roles.

Television courtroom broadcasting remains controversial...

Bribery is rumoured to be rife in sport...

Susan Nash reflects on the significance
of recent human rights judgments

In the first of two articles, Jane Mayfield considers the rationale behind the IoD’s new corporate governance framework

Feast or famine: Another Good Harvest? Siobhan Jones reports

Dominic Regan assesses the Birmingham costs management pilot scheme

Theo Huckle reports on industrial diseases & employer liability

What hope for outcomes focused regulation? Michael Garson reports

Keith Patten applauds the courts’ efforts to uphold Parliament’s intention for s 33

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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
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
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’
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