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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7469

08 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

The advent of ABSs has knocked the referral fee debate off the front page, says David Greene

In a new NLJ mini series, Roger Smith puts human rights under the spotlight

Nicholas Dobson considers the privacy v freedom of expression conflict in light of Mosley

John McMullen reflects on what’s reasonable in unfair dismissal cases

Camilla Lovell-Hoare examines the complexities of surrogacy

Let’s go & fly this regulatory kite…but carefully, says Mike Willis

Keith Patten investigates the possibility of seeking PI damages from a parent company

Is negotiation the best course of action in development disputes, asks Christopher Stoner QC

Daniel Curran reports on the complexities of cross border searches

Peter Vaines solves the mysteries of what constitutes “full-time work abroad” & celebrates the renaissance of the Ramsay doctrine

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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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