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Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7470

15 June 2011
IN THIS ISSUE

Phillip Oldcorn explains how innovation can help reduce risk

Nicholas Dobson examines the Supreme Court’s decision in the Beesley barn saga

In the first of two articles reviewing proposals to reform insurance law, Peter Tyldesley is optimistic about the momentum for change

How far does Prunus clarify the rights of overseas countries & territories, asks Nathan Simmons

Can you pick a fight and win the lottery, asks Karen O’Sullivan

Mekarska v Ruiz and another [2011] EWHC 913 (Fam), [2011] All ER (D) 14 (Jun)

Grievson v Grievson [2011] EWHC 1367 (Ch), [2011] All ER (D) 58 (Jun)

Hillingdon London Borough Council v Neary and others [2011] EWHC 1377 (COP), [2011] All ER (D) 57 (Jun)

EG v United Kingdom [2011] ECHR 41178/08, [2011] All ER (D) 31 (Jun)

DFT v TFD [2010] EWHC 2335 (QB), [2010] All ER (D) 103 (Oct)

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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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