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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7452

10 February 2011
IN THIS ISSUE
An open letter to the Lord Chancellor Premium Content

What future for legal aid?

11 February 2011 / Carol Storer
A constant revolution? Premium Content

Two recent decisions in different tribunals could not have been timed any better to liven up the debate raised in Jackson LJ’s proposals for civil costs reform and the government’s green paper.

10 February 2011 / David Greene
Local anaesthetic Premium Content

Jen Hawkins & Malcolm Dowden explain why the Localism Bill heralds false hope, not a new dawn

10 February 2011 / Malcolm Dowden / Jen Hawkins
What’s in the inbox? Premium Content

Brace yourselves now! 2011 is set to be a bonanza on all fronts, says Ian Smith

10 February 2011 / Ian Smith
Whose baby is it anyway? Premium Content

Jonathan Herring reports on surrogacy dilemmas

10 February 2011 / Jonathan Herring
Kettling matters Premium Content

Richard Scorer considers the rights & wrongs of kettling

10 February 2011 / Richard Scorer
Dispensing with consultation Premium Content

Justin Bates revisits residential service charges

10 February 2011 / Justin Bates
A walk in the park Premium Content

Nicholas Dobson tramples on outdated concepts of qualified privilege & proportionality

10 February 2011 / Nicholas Dobson
Time to end the split? Premium Content

Jennie Gillies welcomes a decision which clarifies the relationship between contractual obligations & tortious duties

10 February 2011 / Jennie Gillies
Prevention is better than cure Premium Content

James Langford emphasises the importance of robust contracts

10 February 2011 / James Langford
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Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

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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
LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026—the winners!
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
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’
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